Question

Explain Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Give your own example of each stage. This should be a very complete answer

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Answer 1

Jean Piaget's theory is about cognitive development. Through a series of stages, Piaget proposed four stages of cognitive development. These stages are the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational period.

Piaget's four stages of intellectual (or cognitive) development are:

• Sensorimotor. Birth through ages 18-24 months.
• Preoperational. Toddlerhood (18-24 months) through early childhood (age 7)
• Concrete operational. Ages 7 to 12.
• Formal operational. Adolescence through adulthood.

Cognitive skill development in children involves the progressive building of learning skills, such as attention, memory and thinking. These crucial skills enable children to process sensory information and eventually learn to evaluate, analyze, remember, make comparisons and understand cause and effect.