Stage 1
What is the name of stage 1?
Sensorimotor Stage
What is the name of stage 2?
Preoperational Stage
What is the name of stage 3?
Concrete Operational Stage
What is the name of stage 4?
Formal Operational Stage
At what ages does stage 2 occur?
Birth - 2 year-olds
At which age does stage 2 occur; and what are the characteristics of this stage?
Ages 2 - 6/7 years of age; child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend mental operations and logic
At what age does stage 3 occur?
7 years - 11 years of age
What is the age at which stage 4 occurs?
12 years old - adulthood
What are the characteristics of stage 1?
Infants know the world around them due to their sensory interactions and motor activities
The type of play that occurs during stage 2 when a child use objects, actions or ideas to represent other objects, actions, or ideas using their imaginations
Pretend play (having a 'tea party' with their stuffed animals)
How does a child's thinking ability change in stage 3?
A child is able to think logically about concrete events
Concrete - involving actual experiences
A child's ability to think changes from concrete to ____
(hint: they can now ponder hypothetical prepositions; another word for formal operational thinking)
Abstract
(the child is now able to think logically about abstract events)
At this stage, how do babies take in or interpret the world?
Through their senses and actions—through looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping
A child's difficulty taking another person's point of view, inability to have regard for others' feelings
Egocentrism
Mathematical transformations and conservation
What is this problem an example of?
If John is in school, then Mary is in school. John is in school. What can you say about Mary?
Formal Operational Thinking
What do young infants often lack?
Object permanence—the awareness that objects continue to exist when not perceived
Partial words or two-word sentences younger children typically use to convey thoughts and communicate
Holographic/Telegraphic speech
A child can now mentally pour the milk back and forth between glasses of different shapes, what is this called?
Understanding that change in form does not mean a change in quantity
What type of situations can now be thought of in stage 4?
Hypothetical situations and various possibilities, like situations that don’t exist yet, may never exist or might be unrealistic and fantastical.