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Stages of Cognitive Development: Our Lady of Lourdes College

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who developed a theory of cognitive development with four stages: [1] the sensorimotor stage from birth to age 2 where infants learn through senses and actions; [2] the preoperational stage from ages 2 to 7 where imagination and symbols emerge; [3] the concrete operational stage from ages 7 to 11 where logical and organized thought of concrete ideas develops; and [4] the formal operational stage from age 12 where abstract reasoning ability emerges. Piaget's theory focuses on how children acquire and understand knowledge as their thinking progresses through these stages.

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Stages of Cognitive Development: Our Lady of Lourdes College

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who developed a theory of cognitive development with four stages: [1] the sensorimotor stage from birth to age 2 where infants learn through senses and actions; [2] the preoperational stage from ages 2 to 7 where imagination and symbols emerge; [3] the concrete operational stage from ages 7 to 11 where logical and organized thought of concrete ideas develops; and [4] the formal operational stage from age 12 where abstract reasoning ability emerges. Piaget's theory focuses on how children acquire and understand knowledge as their thinking progresses through these stages.

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Our Lady of Lourdes College

stages
of cognitive
development
The Child and Adolescent Learners and
Learning Principles
Jean Piaget
( 1896-1980 )
Jean piaget
• Born: August 9, 1896, Switzerland

• Died: September 16,1980 (Age 84)

• Parents: Eldest son of Arthur Piaget and Rebecca


Jackson.

• Education: Received Ph.D. from University of


Neuchatel in 1918.

• Wife: Married to Valentine Chatenay in 1923

• Children: 3 children namely Jacqueline, Lucienne


and Laurent whose intellectual development from
infancy to language was studied by Piaget.
Introduction
•. Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist.

• Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was one of the


20th century's most influential researchers
in the area of developmental psychology.

• He was originally trained in the areas of


biology and philosophy and considered
himself a "Genetic Epistemologist".
What is cognitive
development?

• Cognitive Development is the emergence of the


ability to think and understand.

• It is the process by which people's thinking


changes across the life span.
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that children move through
four different stages of mental development. His theory focuses not only on understanding
how children acquire knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.
Piaget's stages are:

SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
• birth to 2 years

PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
• ages 2 to 7

CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE


• ages 7 to 11

FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE


• ages 12 and up
Sensorimotor stage
Ages: Birth to 2 Years -Infancy

Major Characteristics and Developmental Changes:

The infant knows the world through their


movements and sensations
Children learn about the world through basic
actions such as sucking, grasping, looking, and
listening
Infants learn that things continue to exist even
though they cannot be seen (object permanence)
Near the end of the sensorimotor stage (18-24
months), infants reach another important
milestone -- early language development, a sign
that they are developing some symbolic abilities.
Ages: 2 to 7 Years -Toddler and Early Childhood

• Animism- Treating inanimate objects as living ones.

PREOPERATIONAL • Concentration- The process of concentrating on one


limited aspect of a stimulus and ignoring other
STAGE aspects.

• Conservation on the other hand is the knowledge


that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and
physical appearance of objects.

• Egocentrism- The child's thoughts


and communications are typically egocentric.
Concrete
operational stage
Ages: 7 to 11 Years -Childhood and Early Adolescence

Major Characteristics and Developmental Changes

During this stage, children begin to thinking logically about


concrete events
They begin to understand the concept of conservation; that the
amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall,
skinny glass, for example
Their thinking becomes more logical and organized, but still very
concrete
Children begin using inductive logic, or reasoning from specific
information to a general principle
Formal
operational stage
Ages: 12 and Up
-Adolescence and Adulthood

At this stage, the adolescent or young adult


begins to think abstractly and reason about
hypothetical problems
Abstract thought emerges
Teens begin to think more about moral, philosophical,
ethical, social, and political issues that require
theoretical and abstract reasoning
Begin to use deductive logic, or reasoning from a
general principle to specific information
Key concepts:
• Schemas -are thought processes that are
essentially building blocks of knowledge.

• Assimilation -is how you use your existing


schemas to interpret a new situation or
object.

• Accommodation -is what happens when


you change a schema, or create a new one,
to fit new information you learn.

• Equilibrium -happens when you're able to


use assimilation to fit in most of the new
information you learn.
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NATO, JHANE MELANIE


GAUSIN, JAY RALP
CASTRO, CHRISTELL ELLA
TURLA, HANNA GAEL
MAYO, KYZ JHYRHEL

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