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2 to 7 years old. Development of language, memory, and imagination. Intelligence is both egocentric and intuitive. Symbolic thought. Concrete operational. 7 to 11 years old. More logical and ...
Jean William Fritz Piaget ( UK: / piˈæʒeɪ /, [1] [2] US: / ˌpiːəˈʒeɪ, pjɑːˈʒeɪ /, [3] [4] [5] French: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology.
Piaget's four stages of intellectual (or cognitive) development are: Sensorimotor. Birth through 2 years old. Preoperational. Toddlerhood through early childhood (2-7 years old) Concrete ...
Jean Piaget 's cognitive developmental theory describes four major stages from birth through puberty, the last of which starts at 12 years and has no terminating age: [11] Sensorimotor: (birth to 2 years), Preoperations: (2 to 7 years), Concrete operations: (7 to 11 years), and Formal Operations: (from 12 years).
Cognitive development is defined as the emergence of the ability to consciously cognize, understand, and articulate their understanding in adult terms. Cognitive development is how a person perceives, thinks, and gains understanding of their world through the relations of genetic and learning factors. [1] There are four stages to cognitive ...
Genetic epistemology or 'developmental theory of knowledge' is a study of the origins (genesis) of knowledge ( epistemology) established by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. This theory opposes traditional epistemology and unites constructivism and structuralism. Piaget took epistemology as the starting point and adopted the method of genetics ...
Postformal thought. Developmental psychology initially focused on childhood development through Jean Piaget 's four stages of human cognitive development, the last stage of which is known as the formal operational stage. Extending developmental psychology to adults, most neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development have posited one or more ...
Jean Piaget constructed the theory of cognitive development which describes how children represent and reason about the world.. Constructivism is a theory in education which posits that individuals or learners do not acquire knowledge and understanding by passively perceiving it within a direct process of knowledge transmission, rather they construct new understandings and knowledge through ...