Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development

1. Birth to 2 years

   • Sensorimotor
     • Experiencing the world through senses and actions
       • Object Permanence
       • Stranger Anxiety

2. 2-6 years

   • Preoperational
     • Representing things with words and image
       • Pretend Play
       • Egocentrism
       • Language Development

3. 7-11 years

   • Concrete Operational
     • Thinking logically about concrete events and grasping concrete analogies
       • Conservation
       • Mathematical Transformation

4. 12-adulthood

   • Formal Operational
     • Thinking about hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts
       • Abstract Logic
       • Potential for mature moral reasoning