Part 1
Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
- Sensorimotor Stage (birth to 2 years)
- Preoperational Stage (2 years to 7 years)
- Types of thinking demonstrated at this stage, according to Jean Piaget:
- Lack of understanding law of conservation: inability to
understand that quantities remain constant even when they change
shape
-Egocentric: thinking only of oneself, without regard for other
people’s feelings
- Centration: the tendency to only focus on one aspect of a situation
at a time
- Concrete Operational Stage (7 years to 11 years)
- Formal Operational Stage (12 years and up)
Erik Erikson’s 8 stage theory of psychosocial development:
Conflict
Approximate Age
Group
Example
Basic Trust vs. Mistrust
Infant
- A mother feeds
her baby in the
morning. The
