The Mind according to Paiget

4 stages of mental development according to Jean Paiget

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Stage 2: 🚸 "preoperational"

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Stage 3: "concrete operations" 👦🏾:

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Stage 1: "sensorimotor" 🚼

Stage 4: "formal operations" 👨🏾

until 7 years

use of words

judge by appearance

cannot conserve number or gaps between objects

cannot perceive parts of a whole

cannot hold a conversation or appreciate viewpoints

until age 2

see, touch, feel

accidental actions

unti lage 11

non-abstract reasoning

until age 15

can see relationships and evaluate

mental maturity