Theory on Cognitive Development

By Jean Piaget Prepared by ; Anis Nazira binti Omar Shaifuddin

4 stages of Jean Piagets theory

Stage 1 : Sensorimotor Thought Stage 2 : Preoperational Thought Stage 3 : Concrete Operational Thought

Stage 4 : Formal Operational Thought

Stage 1 : Sensorimotor Thought [birth to 2 years]

Infants know the world only in terms of their own sensory input and their physical or motor actions. They do not have internal mental representations of objects and events that exist outside their own body.

Stage 2 : Preoperational Though [2 to 7 years]

Flourishing Mental Representations ~ Symbols in Language ~ Symbols in Artwork ~ Symbols in Play Emergence of Intuitive Thought:It seems that Conservation problems.

Stage 3 : Concrete Operational Thought [7 to 11 years]

Decentered thinking they consider multiple aspects of the problem. Childrens cognitive structures are operational. Show their logical abilities when they solve class inclusion and transitive inference problems. One major limitation the use of mental operations is closely tied to concrete materials, contexts and situations.

Stage 4 : Formal Operational Thought [appr. 12 and above]

Hypothetico-Deductive Reasoning. ~ the use of deductive reasoning to systematically manipulate variables, test effects in a systematic way &reach correct conclusions. Abstract Thought ~ thought about things that are not real/tangible.