Piaget’s Cognitive Theory
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What is Jean Piaget’s theory?
Cognitive Theory
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What is cognitive development?
The mental process of acquiring, making sense of, and using information.
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When does cognitive development begin and end?
It begins before birth and advances through the mid-20s, after which it plateaus.
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What are primary circular reactions?
Occurring at 1-4 months, these involve babies tracking moving objects like a rolling ball.
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What is the Sensorimotor stage?
Birth to 2 years; understanding the world through senses, actions, and developing object permanence.
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What is the Preoperational stage?
2 to 7 years; understanding the world through language, mental images, and symbolic thinking.
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What is the Concrete Operational stage?
7 to 11 or 12 years; understanding the world through logical thinking and categories applied to concrete situations.
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What is the Formal Operational stage?
12 years and up; understanding the world through hypothetical thinking, scientific reasoning, and abstract logic.
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What is inductive reasoning in Piaget’s theory?
Developing between 7-11 years, it is the ability to make generalizations from personal experiences.
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What is metacognition?
Starting at 11+ years, it is the process of reflecting on one’s own thinking to enhance learning.
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What is conservation in cognitive development?
A concept developed during the preoperational and concrete operational stages regarding the understanding of quantity and properties.
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