Piaget + Cognitive Development

Question 1

How many stages of development does Piaget believe children go through?

Answer 1

four

Question 2

Sensorimotor stage

Answer 2

• up till age two
• object permanence
• strong engagement with environment (learning through actions + senses)

Question 3

Preoperational stage

Answer 3

• ages two to five
• thinking in more definite terms
• think about the world in relation to themselves

Question 4

Concrete operational stage

Answer 4

• ages five to twelve
• can speak about situations outside their immediate experience
• can think logically
• can understand conservation

Question 5

Formal operational stage

Answer 5

• understand abstract ideas

Question 6

Piaget believes that ________ development is based on cognitive development.

Answer 6

language

Question 7

Piaget believes that __________ and __________ are entertwined.

Answer 7

language, psycology