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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Coggle Diagram
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Pre-operational
2 to 7 years old
Think and learn to use words and pictures to represent objects
Tend to be egocentric
Children struggle to see things from different perspective of others.
Concrete Operational
7 to 11 years old
Their thinking becomes more logical and organized,
Children begin using reasoning from specific information
Children begin to understand
"The concept of conservation"
Formal Operational
12 and up years old
Teens begin to think more about moral, philosophical, ethical, social, and abstract reasoning
Abstract thought emerge
Teens think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems
Teens begin to use deductive logic
Sensori-motor
2 years of age
Children learn through basic actions
Grasping
Looking
Sucking
Listening
Children acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects
Secondary Circular Reactions
Interact with their environment
Is a discontinous stage theory
1) Children go through the same stages in the same order
2) You can only be in one stage at one time
3) It is not possible to regress into a previous stage
Piaget's beliefs
A real learning was taking place
Pre-existing schemas are accomodated to fit that new experience
New experiencies are being assimilated into pre-existing schemas
