Piaget described the pre-operational period of intellectual development as the second stage of cognitive development, occurring between the ages of approximately 2 and 7 years. At this stage children do not necessarily use logic to perform operations. They concentrate on one aspect of a situation and tend to project their own feelings onto others, animate or not. For example, they may describe how their teddy bear needs a drink. Children are very egocentric at this stage and the main purpose of speech is to let others know what they are thinking, rather than to have a two way communication. During this stage, children also use pretend play and can easily imagine that objects are something else.
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