Piaget Stages (4)

Piaget Stages (4)

Sensorimotor

Stage 1 (0 - 2 years)

-Uses senses

-Learn cause-and-effect

-Self-recognition

-Goal: object permanence

-Egocentric

(First you make sense of the world)

Preoperational

Stage 2 (2-7 years)

-Still egocentric

-Learn through speaking, mental imagery

-Imaginary friends

-Pre-logical

Goal: symbolic thought

(Then you symbolize the world)

Concrete Operational

Stage 3 (7-11 years)

-Logic develops, pre-abstract thinking

-Play games w/ rules

-Can mentally reverse things

-Less egocentric

Goal: logical thought

(Then you make logic of the world)

Formal Operational

Stage 4 (12+)

-Can think rationally, abstractly, & hypothetically

-Can understand complex concepts - emotion, philosophy

-Better self-understanding

Goal: abstract thought

(Then you abstract the world)

Sing it!

2, 7, 11, 12 and up!

2, 7, 11, 12 and up!

First you make sense of the world,

Then you symbolize the world,

Then you make logic of the world,

Then you abstract the world

Some People Can’t Fly

Sensorimotor

Pre-operational

Concrete operational

Formal operational