PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

TYPICAL AGE RANGE DESCRIPTION OF STAGE DEVELOPMENTAL PHENOMENA

Birth to Nearly 2 SENSORIMOTOR  Out of sight out of mind

years old -Experience the word through  Object permanence
senses and action (Looking,  Stranger anxiety
Touching, Mouthing)

2 to 6 years old PREOPERATIONAL  Pretend play

-representing things with words  Language development
and images but lacking logical  Centration
reasoning

CONCRETE OPERATIONAL  Conservation

7 to 11 years old -thinking logically about  Mathematical operations
concrete events: grasping
concrete analogies and
performing arithmetical
operations

FORMAL OPERATIONAL  Abstract logic

12 through adulthood -intellectually developed, abstract  Potential for moral
reasoning reasoning
 Morally developed