Cognitive Development

Instructions: Using notes or text, complete the chart of Piagets stages. Each group will present
one of the stages to the rest of the class upon completion.
Stage Name

Ages

Preoperational 2-7 years

Thought
old

Characteristics

Tasks a child can do

Thinking
egocentrically,
animistic thinking,
overgeneralization,
and classifying
objects into one
dimensional
categories.

Children think about

things symbolically.
Language develops
into a more mature
language.
They begin to develop
memory and
imagination.

Tasks a child cannot

do
These kids do not
think logically or
concretely.