Piaget's stages of development
Sensorimotor (0-2)
Pre-operational (2-7)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (+11)
Construction of knowledge is based on action
Transition
From understanding based on action
To understanding based on symbolic representation
Semiotic function - child's ability to make something represent something that is not present
Symbolic understanding
Egocentrism
Centration
understanding based on symbols
child's inability to see a situation from a perspective other than their own
child can only focus on one aspect of a situation
Develop a deeper understanding of operations
Conservation
Reversibility
ability to reverse an action by mentally performing the opposite action
ability to recognize that some properties of an object can remain constant even across physical transformations
Features:
Egocentrism is absent
Classification takes place
Conservation - able to mentally reverse actions
reversibility, compensation, identity)
ability to reason abstractly
develop hypothesis and reflect
ability to think theoretically