Stage 1: Sensorimotor (0-2 years)
Stage 2: Preoperational (2-7 years)
Stage 3: Concrete Operational (7-11 years)
Stage 4: Formal Operations (11 years)
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WebMD has a section related to Piaget's theory on cognitive childhood development, and I learned a lot from reading through it. Although all children develop at different rates, I do believe that this is a good guideline that parents could follow.
I learned that In the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, babies are only aware of the things that are right in front of their eyes. Their main focus is on what they are seeing right in front of them and their interactions as well in their specific environment at that specific moment. During this stage, infants are also focusing mainly on putting things in their mouth, shaking, and throwing things around the room they are in as well. In this stage, their memory starts to develop because they start to realize that things are existing. They increase their physical mobility, which also increases their cognitive development as well during this stage. Towards the end of this specific stage of development, infants also reach early language development as well. Those are some of the main specifics that infants go through in the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
The next stage of Piaget's theory of childhood cognitive development is the preoperational stage. This stage includes toddlers-7 year olds. These children learn to mature their language and think symbolically as well. This is the stage where their memory imagination develop as well. An example of this is when children begin to believe in make-believe things. They will play "house" or "school" and pretend like they are apart of these specific activities. In this stage, they are not able to completely think logically or understand certain concepts either. The next step in Piaget's theory is the concrete operational stage.
This stage includes kids ages 7-11 years old. Within this stage, these children are becoming more and more aware of their surroundings. They start realizing that their feelings and thoughts are unique and do not need to be known by other people. The children in this stage think more and more, but do not think as deeply as they will in the next stage. I believe that this is one of the most important stages because these children are starting to understand themselves more and learn that not everything they think or feel must to be told to other people.
The last stage of Piaget's theory of childhood cognitive development is the formal operational stage. This stage includes children that are 11 years and older. These children start to think more logically and understand more specific concepts. Some concepts that they understand are math and science. This stage is all about intellectual development. That is why this stage is the last stage in Piaget's theory because they start to gain knowledge and think more intellectually as they get older.
Those are the four stages in Piaget's theory of childhood cognitive development. This is important to know so that if you have a child, you know the steps that they should be developing within those specific ages. Again, all children develop at different rates, but this is a good guideline to follow to see if your child is on track. If not, it is always ok to contact your family doctor to see if there are any problems. Overall, WebMD provided very great and useful information for people who have children, so that they can track their child's development.
Reference:
(2015). WebMD. Piaget Cognitive Stages of Development. Retrieved February 24, 2016, from http://www.webmd.com/children/piaget-stages-of-development
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