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- Module 26
This worksheet covers Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development. It helps students review and understand the key characteristics of each stage, for Module 26.
What's inside
- Piaget's four cognitive stages
- Age ranges for each stage
- Major characteristics of each stage
- Questions on cognitive development
- Reference to Psychology and Your Life
Who it is for: For students of the PSY 201 course. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Piaget's theory of cognitive development describes how children's thinking changes as they grow. A student gets a summary of Piaget's four stages and questions to test understanding.
Piaget's four stages
The four stages of cognitive development are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational mastery and formal operational. Each stage has a typical age range and main features.
Key characteristics of each stage
The sensorimotor stage involves motor skills. The preoperational stage involves language and symbolic thinking. The concrete operational stage involves logical thinking. The formal operational stage involves abstract thinking.
Questions on Piaget's theory
The questions ask about key concepts in Piaget's theory. They cover object permanence, egocentric thought and the principle of conservation.
Metacognition
Metacognition is the planning, monitoring, and revising of cognitive strategies. It is mentioned as a concept in Piaget's theory.
Key terms
- Sensorimotor
- The first stage of Piaget's theory, from birth to 2 years.
- Preoperational
- The second stage of Piaget's theory, from 2 to 7 years.
- Object permanence
- The awareness that objects continue to exist even if out of sight.
- Egocentric thought
- Viewing the world only from one's own perspective.
- Principle of conservation
- The knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects.
- Metacognition
- The planning, monitoring, and revising of cognitive strategies.
Questions this document helps with
- What are the four stages of cognitive development?
- What is object permanence?
- What is egocentric thought?
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