Piaget's Stages

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• First of his stages

1. Birth - 18 months
2. Senses and Motor Movements
   1. Reflexes
3. Key Issue: Object Permanence
   1. If I can't see you then you don't exist!

      Annotations:

      • Peek a boo? Attachment to carers Understanding of self

1. 18 months - 7 years
2. Develops Internal Images
3. Concerned with how things look - not how they are
   1. Key Terms: Centration, Conservation, Egocentrism

1. Abstract Thinking
2. Idealistic Thinking
3. Truly logical

1. Can now perform logical operations
   1. Seriation (putting things in order)
   2. Reciprocity of relationships (eg: number bonds)
2. 7 - 12 years