Piagets stages of cognitive development

• What is the sensorimotor stage?

  0-2 years, learn to coordinate sensory and motor information.

  Object permanence develops.
• What is the pre-operational stage?

  2-7 years, can’t think in a consistently logical way (it doesn’t ’make sense’)

  Egocentric and lack conservation.
• What is the concrete operational stage?

  7-11 years. At 7 most children can conserve and show less egocentrism.

  Logical thinking applied to physical objects only.
• What is the formal operational stage?

  11+ years. Children can draw conclusions about abstract concepts and form arguments.
• What is a negative evaluation of these stages?

  Underestimated childrens abilities

  Some types of thinking develop earlier than Piaget proposed.
• What is a positive evaluation of these stages?

  Basic idea is correct.

  Does show children’s thinking changes with age so theory is valid.