The Sensorimotor Stages of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development has six sub-stages. The most intriguing characteristics of a child’s behavior happen during the first two years of their life. Jean Piaget said “During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.” Infants live in the present and are not mentally developed enough yet to thinking of the future or look back on the past. Object only exist when they can be seen and interacted with but if you were to take that object and put it behind your back in front of the child it would be as if it never existed. The saying “out of sight out of mind” is literal in this situation with the infant.
From birth to 1 month old characteristics of the sensorimotor stages can be shown. Sub stage one involves simple reflexes. Reflexes such as sucking, grasping, or rooting. For example, if you put a …show more content…
Infant are more responsive and aware to the outside world. Noticing that what they do has an effect on the objects around them. For example, when a parent is playing peek-a-boo the baby thinks their parent has disappeared out of sight, but once the parent shows themselves, the baby is surprised by the instantaneous return and begins to smile or giggle. During this stage babies are beginning to use logic. Sub stage four, coordination of secondary schemes, begins from 8 to 12 months old. Infants start to do things deliberately, show goal-directed behavior, and begin to learn about the cause-effect relationships. For example, using a stick to reach something that is high up. Also object permanence is tied to this sub stage. Infants realize that objects still exist even if they cannot be seen. For example, if caregiver hides a toy behind a pillow, the infant knows that the toy still there, and may also know where it exists, and will attempt to get it
From birth to 1 month old characteristics of the sensorimotor stages can be shown. Sub stage one involves simple reflexes. Reflexes such as sucking, grasping, or rooting. For example, if you put a …show more content…
Infant are more responsive and aware to the outside world. Noticing that what they do has an effect on the objects around them. For example, when a parent is playing peek-a-boo the baby thinks their parent has disappeared out of sight, but once the parent shows themselves, the baby is surprised by the instantaneous return and begins to smile or giggle. During this stage babies are beginning to use logic. Sub stage four, coordination of secondary schemes, begins from 8 to 12 months old. Infants start to do things deliberately, show goal-directed behavior, and begin to learn about the cause-effect relationships. For example, using a stick to reach something that is high up. Also object permanence is tied to this sub stage. Infants realize that objects still exist even if they cannot be seen. For example, if caregiver hides a toy behind a pillow, the infant knows that the toy still there, and may also know where it exists, and will attempt to get it