Cognitive Development

Reporter: Jelina C. Sodoso

 Cognitive Development

Stages of cognitive
development

The Importance
of cognitive
development
CONTENTS
What is Cognitive development?
 Cognitive development

-is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology

focusing on a child's development in terms of
information processing, conceptual resources,
perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects
of the developed adult brain and cognitive psychology.
 Jean Piaget
He was a major force establishing this
field, forming his "theory of cognitive
development".
Piaget's theory of cognitive
development and epistemological view
are together called "genetic
epistemology".
 3 Key Concept

ASSIMILATION ACCOMODATION
SCHEMA

The basic building Taken new information Altering of the existing

block of intelligence into the previously schema in the light of
behavior. existing schema. new information.
 4 STAGES OF COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT
Sensorimotor stage
The first stage in Piaget's stages of cognitive development is the Preoperational stage
sensorimotor stage. This stage lasts from birth to two years old. During
The preoperational stage lasts from 2 years of age until 6 or 7. It can be characterized
this stage, behaviors lack a sense of thought and logic. Behaviors
in two somewhat different ways. In his early work, before he had developed his
gradually move from acting upon inherited reflexes to interacting with
structuralist theory of cognition, Piaget described the child's thoughts during this
the environment with a goal in mind and being able to represent the
period as being governed by principles such as egocentrism, animism, and other
external world at the end.
similar constructs. Egocentrism is when a child can only see a certain situation his or
her own way.

Formal operational stage Concrete operational

This stage lasts from 12 or 13 until adulthood, stage
when people are advancing from logical
reasoning with concrete examples to abstract Lasts from 6 or 7 years until about 12 or 13.
examples. The need for concrete examples is During this stage, the child's cognitive
no longer necessary because abstract structures can be characterized by reality.
thinking can be used instead. In this stage Piaget argues that the same general
adolescents are also able to view themselves principles can be discerned in a wide range of
in the future and can picture the ideal life behaviors. One of the best-known
they would like to pursue. achievements of this stage is conservation.
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