Piagets Stages Of Cognitive Development

Question 1

Sensorimotor age range

Answer 1

0-2 years old

Question 2

What occurs during the Sensorimotor stage?

Answer 2

1) Coordination of the senses with motor responses, sensory curiosity about the world.
2) Language used for demands and cataloging.
3) Object permanence is developed

Question 3

Preoperational age range

Answer 3

2-7 years old

Question 4

What happens during the preoperational stage?

Answer 4

1) Symbolic thinking. Use of proper syntax and grammar to express concepts
2) Imagination and intuition are strong, but complex abstract thoughts are difficult
3) Conservation is developed

Question 5

Concrete operational age range

Answer 5

7-11 years old

Question 6

What happens during the Concrete Operational stage?

Answer 6

1) Concepts attached to concrete situations
2) Time, space, and quantity are understood and can be applied, but not as independent concepts.

Question 7

Formal Operational age range

Answer 7

11 and older

Question 8

What happens during the Formal Operational stage?

Answer 8

1) Theoretical, hypothetical, and counterfactual thinking.
2) Abstract logic and reasoning
3) Strategy and planning become possible
4) Concepts learned in one context can be applied to another