Sensorimotor
Between what ages does the sensorimotor stage occur?
This stage occurs from birth to about two years old.
Between what ages does the preoperational stage occur?
This stage usually happens between ages 2 and 7.
Between what ages does the concrete operational stage occur?
This stage usually occurs between ages 7 and 12.
Between what ages does the concrete operational stage occur?
This stage begins around age 12 and continues into adulthood.
What year did Piaget die?
1980
In the sensorimotor stage, babies learn that objects continue to exist even when they can't see them.
What is object permanence?
During the preoperational stage, children begin using these to represent objects, ideas, and actions.
What are symbols?
In the concrete operational stage, children begin to understand that quantity stays the same even when appearance changes.
What is conservation?
This stage, beginning around age 12, is defined by the development of this type of thinking.
What is abstract thinking?
What year was Piaget born?
Between 1-4 months, infants begin adapting their reflexes to the environment in this type of "circular reaction."
What are primary circular reactions?
This type of thinking means children have difficulty seeing the world from another person's viewpoint.
What is egocentrism?
Children in this stage can mentally undo actions, a skill that helps them solve problems like "Which cup has more?"
What is reversibility?
Counting votes is a concrete task, but understanding the concept behind the voting process reflects this stage of development.
What is formal operational thinking?
Who was Piaget married to?
Valentine Chatenay
At 8-14 months, infants start combining action schemas and applying them to new situations in this coordinated substage.
What is coordination of reactions?
A child saying "my teddy bear is sad" is an example of this belief that non-living things have feelings.
What is animism?
When children can organize objects based on shared characteristics, like sorting blocks by size or color, they are showing this skill.
What is classification?
Piaget founded and directed this center focused on the study of knowledge and how it develops.
What is the International Center for Genetic Epistemology
Between 18-24 months, infants begin using mental representations to guide exploration in this final sensorimotor substage.
What is invention of new means through mental combinations?
Children in this stage often focus on only one aspect of a situation at a time, a limitation that explains why they fail tasks like conservation. This tendency is known by this term.
What is centration?
Children in this stage can arrange objects in order based on size or length, demonstrating this logical ability.
What is seriation?
Teens in the formal operational stage can think about broad concepts such as this form of government, not just concrete ideas.
What is democracy?
What was one of the names of Piaget's three children?
Lucienne, Jacqueline, and Laurent