Piagets stages of cognitive development

• Sensory motor stage


  • Aged 0-2 years
  • Sensory and motor contact
  • Object permanence
  • Separation anxiety
• Concrete operational

  • 7-11 years
  • Conservation
  • Less egocentric
  • Concrete
• Pre-operational

  • 2-7 years
  • Language
  • Egocentric
  • Lack if conservation
• Formal operational

  • 11+ years
  • Formal reasoning
• Evaluation

  Underestimated children's abilities- younger children can show conservation and a reduction of egocentrism

  Overestimated children's abilities- 11-year-olds struggle with abstract reasoning

  Basic principle of the theory is valid