their movements and sensations. During this stage, children begin to At this stage, the adolescent or young Children begin to think symbolically and thinking logically about concrete Children learn about the world through adult begins to think abstractly and learn to use words and pictures to events. basic actions such as sucking, reason about hypothetical problems. represent objects. They begin to understand the concept grasping, looking, and listening. Abstract thought emerges. Children at this stage tend to be of conservation; that the amount of Infants learn that things continue to liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to Teens begin to think more about moral, egocentric and struggle to see things exist even though they cannot be seen that in a tall, skinny glass, for example. philosophical, ethical, social, and from the perspective of others. (object permanence). political issues that require theoretical While they are getting better with Their thinking becomes more logical They are separate beings from the and abstract reasoning. language and thinking, they still tend to and organized, but still very concrete. people and objects around them. Begin to use deductive logic, or think about things in very concrete Children begin using inductive logic, or They realize that their actions can terms reasoning from a general principle to reasoning from specific information to cause things to happen in the world specific information. a general principle. around them.