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Piaget's stages of development are part of a
theory about the phases of normal intellectual
development, from infancy through adulthood.
1 Sensorimotor Stage (0-2 yrs old)
This includes thought, judgment, and
knowledge. 
Piaget's four stages of intellectual (or cognitive) 2 Preoperational Stage (2-7 yrs old)
development are:

3 Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 yrs old)

4 Formal Operational Stage (12 and up)

 Sensorimot
or Stage
0-2 years old
According to Piaget, infants are only conscious of what is directly in front of
them during the early stages. They concentrate on what they are doing, what
they observe, and their bodily interactions with the surroundings. They are
continually conducting experiments because they are unsure of how things
will react. They experiment with different items, shake or throw them, put
them in their mouths, and learn about the world this way.
 Sensorimot
or Stage
Later stages involve behavior that is goal-oriented and produces
the desired outcome. Infants start to understand that an object still
exists even though they can no longer see it between the ages of 7
and 9 months.
This significant development, known as object persistence,
indicates that memory is growing.
 Sensorimot
or Stage
When infants begin to crawl, stand, and walk, their enhanced
physical mobility promotes greater cognitive growth. Infants
make another significant milestone near the conclusion of the
sensorimotor stage (18–24 months): early language development,
a sign that they are beginning to develop some symbolic
capacities.
 Preoperation
2-7 years old
Young children may now think
symbolically about various
al Stage
However, their reasoning is
still somewhat illogical and
Piaget noted that children in
this stage do not yet understand
concepts. Their language grows is reliant on intuition. More concrete logic, cannot mentally
more sophisticated. They also advanced ideas like cause manipulate information, and
grow in memory and and effect, time, and are unable to take the point of
imagination, which enables view of other people, which he
comparison are still beyond
them to distinguish between the termed egocentrism.
past and the future and to play their comprehension.
pretend.
 Major characteristics and developmental
changes during this stage:

•Begin to think •Tend to be •Getting better

symbolically and egocentric and with language and
learn to use struggle to see thinking, but still
words and things from the tend to think in
pictures to perspective of very concrete
represent objects. others. terms.
 Concrete
Operational
7-11 years old
Preadolescent youngsters, aged 7 to 11, exhibit logical, tangible reasoning at this
stage. Children start to think less about themselves. They are becoming more

Stage
conscious of outside happenings. They start to understand that their own ideas and
emotions are special, might not be held by others, and might not even be a part of
reality. However, most kids still aren't able to reason logically or hypothetically at this
age.
 Concrete
Operational Stage
1 2 3 4 5
Begin to think logically Begin to understand the Thinking becomes more Begin using inductive Kids at this point tend
about concrete events. concept of logical and organized, logic to struggle with abstract
conservation. but still very concrete. or reasoning from and hypothetical
specific information to concepts.
a general principle.
 Formal
1 Operational
12 and up

Stage
When adolescents achieve this fourth stage of intellectual
development, which often occurs at age 11 or older, they are able to
use symbols that connect to abstract ideas, such those in physics
and algebra. They have the capacity to develop theories, think
through options, and think about situations methodically. They can
also reflect on abstract relationships and ideas, like justice.
 Formal
1 Operational
Begins to think abstractly and reason about
hypothetical problems.

Stage
2 Begins to think more about moral, philosophical, ethical, social, and
political issues that require theoretical and abstract reasoning.

3 Begins to use deductive logic, or reasoning from a general principle

to specific information.
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 References
1 https://www.webmd.com/children/piaget-stages-of-development
https://www.verywellmind.com/piagets-stages-of-cognitive-development
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Jenny D.
Cariaga
BSHM 3-D