Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development

1. Stages of Cognitive Development

   • Preoperational Development
   • Sensorimotor Development
   • Concrete Operational
   • Formal Operational

2. Jean Piaget

   • Basic Assumptions
     • Stages are Universal
     • Discrete Stages
     • Domain General Approach
   • Constructivist Approach

3. Sensorimotor Development

   • Substage 1: Simple Reflexes
   • Substage 2: First Habits and Primary Circulatory Reaction
   • Substage 3: Secondary Circulatory Reaction
   • Substage 4: Coordination of Secondary Circular Reaction
     • Object Permanence
   • Substage 5: Tertiary Circular Reaction
   • Substage 6: Beginning of Thought
     • Deferred Imitation

4. Adaptions

   • Accommodation
   • Assimilation
   • Schemes

5. Preoperational Stage

   • Conflict
     • Conservation
     • Transformation
     • Egocentrism
   • Symbolic Thought
   • Symbolic Play

6. Concrete Operational

   • Operations

7. Formal Operational

   • Hypotheticodeductive Reasoning
   • Propositional Thoughts

8. Lev Vygotsky

   • Zone Of Proximal Development