Piaget Cognitive Stages Of Development Flashcards
Name all 4 stages in order
1.sensorimotor
2.pre operational
3.concrete operational stage
4.formal operational stage
What is the age range of the sensorimotor stage
0-2 years old
What is the age range of the pre operational stage
2-7
What is the range of the concrete operational stage
7-11
What is the age range of the formal operational stage
12+
What things can sensorimotor stage people do
-explore world using 5 senses
-develop object permence
-learn to sit,run,crawl and walk
What things can’t people in the sensorimotor stage do
- they remain egocentric,this means they are selfish
What are the things people in the pre operational stage can do
-learn to write,speak and understand language
-they are curious and ask many questions
-they have primitive reasoning
What are the things that people in the pre operational stage not able to do
-not able to apply certain cognitive functions
-they are still egocentric (selfish)
What are things people in the concrete operational stage can do
-they have logic
-they have inductive reasoning
What are things people in the concrete operational stage can’t do
-they are still not as rational
What are the things people in the formal operational stage can do
-they can think more rationally about abstract concepts (e.g love hate success failure)
-have deductive reasoning
-more compassionate
What is a criticism of this theory
That piaget underestimated children’s development
If they got support they can move more quickly to the next stage of development
