Piagets Cognitive Development

Piagets Cognitive Development Overview

Sensory-motor (birth-2 yrs), Goals is to establish object permanence Pre-operations (2-6 yrs), Acquire symbolic function and can represent

objects and relations. Attached to symbols, word magic (causation), role of play. rules, cognitive conceit, all or nothing.

Concrete operations (6/7-11/12), Logical, manipulate symbols mentally,

Formal operations (11/12 & up), Manipulate symbols with higher order
symbols, conceptualization skills, imaginary audience.