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Piaget stages of

Cognitive Development
in Children Theory
by: Wan Muhammad Ammar Bin Wan Affandi Azam
(2022465174)
Have you ever experienced the following?

You're trying to explain something to a child, and even


though it seems so obvious to you, the child just does not
understand.

They repeat the same mistake, over and over,


and you become frustated.

Well, guess what?


Who is Jean Piaget?
Name: Jean William Fritz Piaget
Born: 9 August 1896

Became well known because of his cognitive development in


children theory.

Notes
-Based on his observations, children were not less intelligent than
-His theory is used
adults, they simply think differently.
widely in school
systems throughout the
world and in the
-From the observations, he made a theory that describe the cognitive
development of
development of children in four stages.
curriculums for children
Sensorimotor Stage
From birth to 2 years old

start with simple reflexes example: sucking fingers


Object Permanence

Piaget believed that developing


object permanence or object
constancy, the understanding that
objects continue to exist even when
they cannot be seen,
was an important element at
this point of development
increased physical mobility consequently
curious about everything cognitive development
remain egocentric
Preoperational Stage
From 2 to 7 years old

thinking mainly
categorised for symbolic
functions and intuitive
thoughts

have a lot of fantasies and


believe objects are alive
learn to speak and understand that words,
and gestures are symbols for something else.

play pretend allow to experience


something new and learn a lot
At around age four, we becoming very curious and
ask many questions

call as the birth of primitive reasoning

Piaget calls it 'intuitive age'

our thinking in this stage is still egocentric


Concrete Operational Stage
From 7 to 11 years old

discover logic

develop concrete cognitive operations

such as sorting objects in a certain order


learns to rearrange our thoughts to classify

build concrete operational mental structures


"The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you will go."
-Dr Seuss
Thank
you!!

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