piagets theory of cognitive development

1. Piaget’s Theory of cognitive Development

2. 4 Stages of Cognitive Development Sensorimotor Stage Preoperational Stage Concrete Operational Stage Formal Operational Stage

3. Sensorimotor StageAges: birth to 2 Sensory perceptions Motor activities Infant trying to make sense of the world

4. Sub Stages of the sensorimotor stage Reflexes (0-1 month) Primary Circular Reactions (1-4 months) Secondary Circular Reactions (4-8 months) Coordination of Reactions (8-12 months) Tertiary Circular Reactions (12-18 months) Early Representational Thought (18-24 months)

5. Preoperational Stageages:2 to 6 Language Development Egocentrism Conservation Increase in role playing Children will use their imagination(ex: pretending an old box is a house)

6. Preoperational Stage Egocentrism: - The inability of the child to view things from another perspective other than their own Conservation: - The awareness that altering a substance’s appearance does not change its basic properties

7. Conservation

8. Concrete operational stageages: 7 to 11 Use of logic Think logically of concrete events Difficulty understanding hypothetical concepts Elimination of egocentrism

9. Processes During this stage: Seriation Transitivity Classification Decentering Reversibilty

10. Formal Operational StageAges: 12 to adulthood Think about abstract concepts Systematic Planning Deductive Reasoning Problem Solving