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Sensorimotor Birth-2 years |
The critical achievement of this stage is object permanence: The ability to understand that objects have an existence independent of the child's involvement with them |
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Preoperational 2-7 years |
More extensive use of language and symbolism; magical thinking |
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Concrete operations 7-12 years |
Child begins to use logic; develops concepts of reversibility and conservation Reversibility: The realisation that one thing can turn into another and back again (e.g., water and ice) Conservation: Ability to recognize that although the shape of an object may change, it would still maintain characteristics that enable it to be recognized as that object |
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Formal operations 12 years- adult |
Ability to think abstractly; thinking operates in a formal, logical manner |
