Piaget Four Stages of Development

Question 1

Sensorimotor (0–2 years):

Answer 1

Primarily involves motor actions and senses. Children eventually come to realize that objects exist separately from them and they can manipulate objects.

Question 2

Preoperational (2–7 years):

Answer 2

Symbolic function emerges. Children develop the ability to make something stand for something else.

Question 3

Concrete operational (7–11 years):

Answer 3

Children begin to think about more than just one dimension of a problem or situation. They gain the understanding of conservation. Also gain the ability to think deeper and logically.

Question 4

Formal operational (11+ years):

Answer 4

Complex abstract thought emerges and hypothetical and deductive reasoning develops. Children perform mental operations on ideas or imagined situations.