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NHC 1st test #3
Piaget's stages of cognitive development
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Birth-2yrs sensorimotor | with increased mobility and awareness and development of a sense of self as separate from the external environment, the concept of object permanence emerges as the ability to form mental images evolves |
| 2-6yrs preoperational | learning to express self with language; development of understanding of symbolic gestures; achievement of object permanence |
| 6-12yrs concrete operations | learning to apply logic to thinking; development of understanding of reversibility and spatiality; learning to differentiate and classify; increased socialization and application of rules |
| 12-15yrs and up formal operations | learning to think and reason in abstract terms; making and testing hypotheses; capability of logical thinking and reasoning expand and are refined; cognitive maturity achieved |