Cognitive Development - Piaget

1. Cognitive Development:
Infancy and
Toddlerhood
Prepared by:
Bernadette Nabata

2. Piaget’s Approach to Cognitive
Development
• Cognitive Development
in infancy refers to
development in the way a
baby thinks. This
includes his/her
language, communication
and exploration skills.

10. Sensorimotor Stage
Ages: birth to 2
• Sensory perceptions
• Motor activities
• Infant trying to make sense
of the world

13. Preoperational Stage
ages: 2 to 7
• Language Development
• Egocentrism
• Conservation
• Increase in role playing
• Children will use their
imagination(ex: pretending an
old box is a house)

14. Preoperational Stage
Egocentrism:
- The inability of the
child to view things
from another
perspective other
than their own
Conservation:
- The awareness that
altering a substance’s
appearance does not
change its basic
properties

15. Conservation

17. Concrete operational stage
ages: 7 to 11
• Use of logic
• Think logically of concrete events
• Difficulty understanding hypothetical concepts
• Elimination of egocentrism

19. Formal Operational Stage
Ages: 12 to adulthood
• Think about abstract
concepts
• Systematic Planning
• Deductive Reasoning
• Problem Solving