JEAN PIAGET'S "COGNITIVE THEORY"

Question 1

INFANT: Sensori-Motor

Answer 1

• Primary circular reaction (body is center of attention)
• “instinct” for survival purposes
  FOCUS: Particular body part/object

Question 2

TODDLER and PRE-SCHOOLER:
Pre-operational

Answer 2

• Secondary circular reaction (from body to environment)
• improved thinking and learning
• Simple classification (basic colors, numbers, shapes, sizes)
• “egocentric thinking” selfish thinking
• instinct in what is naturally good or bad

Question 3

SCHOOL AGE: Concrete Operational

Answer 3

• Coordination of secondary reaction
• logical analysis, understand POV of others
• mental classification, ordering activities
• basic problem solving

Question 4

ADOLESCENCE: Formal Operational

Answer 4

• Tertiary circular reaction (trial and error)
• abstract thinking, hypothetical thinking “what if”
• futuristic thinking, casual relationship
• systematic problem solving, inductive and deductive reasoning