Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

A child doesn’t sneak a cookie when his mom outside because he thinks that she can see what he sees.

• sensorimotor stage

• preoperational stage

• concrete operational stage

• formal operational stage

A child is given a cardboard box and she explores it by opening and closing the flaps.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

A child is given a cardboard box and pretends that it is a train.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

A child proposes that maybe the color that you call “red” is the color that, if he looked with your brain, he would call “yellow”.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Sage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Presented with a picture of 4 cats and 6 dogs, a child is asked, which are there more of: cats or animals? The child correctly responds, “animals”.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

When given one cookie for snack, the child begs for more. Her mother breaks the cookie into two pieces and the child is happy.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

A child uses his understanding of molecular movement to predict how a gas would behave in different conditions.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stag

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage