What are Piaget’s Cognitive Stages?
Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational reasoning
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Sensorimotor Stage
Birth - 2 years
Intelligence in Action: uses own body and objects to explore the world & discover how things work e.g., Object Permanence
Preoperational Reasoning
2 - 6/7 years
Thinking dominated by Perception: Egocentricism; Conservation Issues Some Symbolic representation -> Language
Concrete Operational
6/7 - 11/12 years
Logical Reasoning limited to real objects or objects that can be seen present
Formal Operational
11/12 - Lifetime
Individual can think logically about potential events or Abstract ideas;
Advanced reasoning
What Is Object Permenance?
Out of sight - Out of mind
Knowing that things still exist even when you cannot see them.
What is Egocentrism?
A child’s inability to understand that others have a different point of view.
What is Scaffolding?
Adjusting the tasks/instructions to help a person perform a task they could not before.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Your potential performance range.
What a child/person can do on their own to what they cannot do even with assistance (scaffolding).
