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Piaget's theory of cognitive development

Piaget's theory of cognitive development outlines four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational, each representing different ways of thinking. Children progress through these stages, developing skills such as object permanence, symbolic thinking, logical reasoning, and abstract thought. The theory highlights that children actively construct knowledge through interaction with their environment.

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development

Piaget's theory of cognitive development outlines four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational, each representing different ways of thinking. Children progress through these stages, developing skills such as object permanence, symbolic thinking, logical reasoning, and abstract thought. The theory highlights that children actively construct knowledge through interaction with their environment.

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development proposes that children progress

through four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete


operational, and formal operational. These stages are characterized by
different ways of thinking and understanding the world, with each stage
building upon the previous one.

Here's a breakdown of the four stages:

1. Sensorimotor Stage (birth to 2 years):

Infants learn through their senses and actions, developing object permanence
(understanding that objects exist even when they can't be seen).

2. Preoperational Stage (2 to 7 years):

Children develop symbolic thinking (using language and play to represent


objects and ideas) but struggle with logical reasoning and perspective-taking.

3. Concrete Operational Stage (7 to 11 years):

Children begin to think logically about concrete events, understand concepts


like conservation (that quantity remains the same despite changes in
appearance), and develop the ability to classify and order objects.

4. Formal Operational Stage (12 years and up):

Adolescents develop the ability to think abstractly, hypothetically, and


systematically, and can reason about possibilities and probabilities.

Piaget's theory emphasizes that children are active learners who construct
their knowledge through interaction with the environment, using processes of
assimilation (fitting new information into existing schemas) and
accommodation (adjusting existing schemas to fit new information).

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