Cognitive development

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What was Piaget's theory?
development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence.
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What four theories does Piaget talk about within his theory?
The sensorimotor Stage,The Preoperational ,The concrete Operational Stage and the The formal Operational Stage.
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What age is the sensorimotor stage aimed at?
Birth to 2 years
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What age is The Preoperational stage aimed at?
2 years to 7 years
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what age is The concrete Operational Stage aimed at?
7 to 12 years
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What age is The formal Operational Stage aimed at?
12 years onwards
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What happens during The sensorimotor stage?
object permanence - knowing that an object still exists, even if it is hidden. They have egocentric thinking.
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What happens during The Preoperational stage?
This is the ability to make one thing - a word or an object - stand for something other than itself. Thinking is still egocentric, and the infant has difficulty taking the viewpoint of other.
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What happens during the Concrete Operational stage?
This means the child can work things out internally in their head (rather than physically try things out in the real world). Children can conserve number (age 6), mass (age 7), and weight (age 9). Conservation is the understanding that something stay
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What happens during The formal Operational Stage?
During this time, people develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, and logically test hypotheses.
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The sensorimotor Stage,The Preoperational ,The concrete Operational Stage and the The formal Operational Stage.

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What four theories does Piaget talk about within his theory?

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Birth to 2 years

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2 years to 7 years

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7 to 12 years

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