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Sensori-motor
(Birth - 2-years)
Differentiates self from objects

Recognizes self as agent of action and begins to act intentionally: e.g. pulls a string to set mobile in motion or shakes a rattle to make a noise.

Achieves object permanence: realizes that things continue to exist even when no longer present to the sense
Pre-Operational
(2-7 years)
Learns to use language and to represent objects by images and words

Thinking is still egocentric: has difficulty taking the viewpoint of others

Classifies objects by a single feature: e.g. groups together all the red blocks regardless of shape or all the square blocks regardless of color
Concrete Operational
(7 - 11 years)
Can think logically about objects and events

Achieves conservation of number (age 6), mass (age 7), and weight (age 9)

Classifies objects according to several features and can order them in series along a single dimension such as size.
Formal Operational
(11 years and up)
Can think logically about abstract propositions and test hypotheses systemically

Becomes concerned with the hypothetical, the future, and ideological problems
FYI: Piaget's approach is central to the school of cognitive theory known as "cognitive constructivism"
FYI: Other scholars, known as "social constructivists", such as Vygotsky and Bruner, have laid more emphasis on the part played by language and other people in enabling children to learn