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LEARNERS AND LEARNING SCIENCE
WGU D664 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
🧠 Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
Focus: Children actively construct knowledge through interaction with their
environment.
Sensorimotor Stage (Birth–2 years)
✔✔ Reflexive to active behavior ✔✔
Activities:
• Sucking
• Grabbing
• Looking
• Listening
• Crawling
✔✔ Key concept: Object permanence (understanding that objects still exist
even when out of sight)
Preoperational Stage (Ages 2–7)
✔✔ Symbolic thinking
✔✔ Language development
✔✔ Play and pretend
✔✔ Forms many mental schemas
✔✔ Egocentrism (difficulty seeing from others’ perspectives)
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✔✔ Educational tip: Use scaffolding to support learning
Concrete Operational Stage (Ages 7–11)
✔✔ Needs hands-on, concrete experiences ✔✔
Understands:
• Reversibility
• Seriation (arranging items in order)
• Sorting and classifying
• Conservation (understanding quantity remains the same despite shape
changes)
Example: Water in a tall skinny glass = water in a short fat glass
Formal Operational Stage (Ages 12+)
✔✔ Abstract thinking
✔✔ Critical thinking
✔✔ Can hypothesize and predict
✔✔ Understands metaphors
✔✔ Capable of mental manipulations ✔✔ Engages in systematic problem-
solving
Piaget's Stages Summary
✔✔ Sensorimotor (0–2): Sensory exploration, object permanence
✔✔ Preoperational (2–7): Language, pretend play, symbolic thought
✔✔ Concrete Operational (7–11): Logical thought, hands-on learning
✔✔ Formal Operational (12+): Abstract and critical thinking
.
LEARNERS AND LEARNING SCIENCE
WGU D664 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
🧠 Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
Focus: Children actively construct knowledge through interaction with their
environment.
Sensorimotor Stage (Birth–2 years)
✔✔ Reflexive to active behavior ✔✔
Activities:
• Sucking
• Grabbing
• Looking
• Listening
• Crawling
✔✔ Key concept: Object permanence (understanding that objects still exist
even when out of sight)
Preoperational Stage (Ages 2–7)
✔✔ Symbolic thinking
✔✔ Language development
✔✔ Play and pretend
✔✔ Forms many mental schemas
✔✔ Egocentrism (difficulty seeing from others’ perspectives)
.
, lOMoAR cPSD| 47061011
✔✔ Educational tip: Use scaffolding to support learning
Concrete Operational Stage (Ages 7–11)
✔✔ Needs hands-on, concrete experiences ✔✔
Understands:
• Reversibility
• Seriation (arranging items in order)
• Sorting and classifying
• Conservation (understanding quantity remains the same despite shape
changes)
Example: Water in a tall skinny glass = water in a short fat glass
Formal Operational Stage (Ages 12+)
✔✔ Abstract thinking
✔✔ Critical thinking
✔✔ Can hypothesize and predict
✔✔ Understands metaphors
✔✔ Capable of mental manipulations ✔✔ Engages in systematic problem-
solving
Piaget's Stages Summary
✔✔ Sensorimotor (0–2): Sensory exploration, object permanence
✔✔ Preoperational (2–7): Language, pretend play, symbolic thought
✔✔ Concrete Operational (7–11): Logical thought, hands-on learning
✔✔ Formal Operational (12+): Abstract and critical thinking
.
