EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Piaget divided children’s cognitive development in four stages, each of the stages represent a new way of thinking and understanding the world. He called them (1) sensorimotor intelligence, (2) preoperational thinking, (3) concrete operational thinking, and (4) formal operational thinking.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

Detailed explanation-3: -The stages were named after psychologist and developmental biologist Jean Piaget, who recorded the intellectual development and abilities of infants, children, and teens. Piaget’s four stages of intellectual (or cognitive) development are: Sensorimotor.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sensorimotor Stage: Birth to 2 Years – Object permanence. The Preoperational Stage: 2 to 7 Years – Symbolic thought. The Concrete Operational Stage: 7 to 11 Years – Operational thought. The Formal Operational Stage: 12 Years & Up – Abstract concepts.