Jean Piaget - Answers A Swiss psychologist who was well-known for his work studying children.
A Swiss psychologist - Answers Piaget developed a theory of cognitive development based on the fact
that children do not think like adults. Piaget argues that much of our knowledge about reality comes to
us not from without like the peal of a bell, but rather from within by the force of our own logic
Jean Piaget - Answers children think differently than adults
Stages of Cognitive Development - Answers Sensorimotor stage ( Birth - 2 years old), Pre-operational
stage (Toddler and Early Childhood - 2 to 7 years old), Concrete operational stage (Elementary and early
adolescence - 7 to 11 years old), and Formal operational stage (Adolescence and adulthood)
Sensorimotor stage ( Birth - 2 years old) - Answers intelligence is demonstrated through motor activity
without symbols.
Sensorimotor stage ( Birth - 2 years old) - Answers Knowledge of the world based on physical
interactions / experiences.limited
Sensorimotor stage ( Birth - 2 years old) - Answers Children acquire object permanence at about 7
months of age (memory).
Sensorimotor stage ( Birth - 2 years old) - Answers Reasoning is accomplished by means of mental
images. Without language
Sensorimotor stage ( Birth - 2 years old) - Answers (can recognize shapes,faces, and images)
Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood - 2 to 7 years old) - Answers ntelligence is
demonstrated through the use of symbols, language use matures, and memory and imagination are
developed, but thinking is done in a nonlogical, nonreversable manner.
Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood - 2 to 7 years old) - Answers Child will identify
symbols with objects they are intended to represent.
Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood - 2 to 7 years old) - Answers Egocentric thinking
predominates.
Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood - 2 to 7 years old) - Answers Unable to conserve. (tall
glass has more liquid short glass)
Concrete operational stage (Elementary and early adolescence - 7 to 11 years old) - Answers ,
intelligence is demonstrated through logical and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete
objects.
Concrete operational stage (Elementary and early adolescence - 7 to 11 years old) - Answers Operational
thinking develops (mental actions that are reversible).