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DEVELOPMENT
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Jean Piaget
 Swiss psychologist.
 He conducted a research on
cognitive development.
 Piaget task.
 Piaget called his general
 theoretical framework
“ Genetic-epistemo-logy.”
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BASIC COGNITIVE CONCEPTS

 SCHEMA
 ASSIMILATION
 ACCOMMODATION
 EQUILIBRATION
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SCHEMA
Cognitive structures by which individuals
intellectually adapt to and organize their
environment.
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ASSIMILATION
The process of fitting a new
experience into an existing or
previously created cognitive
structure or schema.
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ACCOMMODATION
The process of creating a
new schema.
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EQUILIBRATION
Is achieving proper
balance between
Assimilation and
Accommodation.
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The 4 stages on cognitive development:

1. Sensori-motor stage: Birth to 2 years old.
2. Pre-operational stage: Ages 2 to 7 years
old.
3. Concrete-operational stage: Ages 7 to 11
years old.
4. Formal-operational stage: Ages 12 and
up.
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• STAGE 1: Sensori-motor stage.

- This stage corresponds from birth to infancy.
- This is the stage when a child who is initially
reflective in grasping, sucking, and reaching
becomes more organized
in his movement and activity.
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• STAGE 2: Pre-operational stage.

-Covers from about 2 to 7 years old
roughly corresponding to the preschool years.
-The ability to present objects and events.
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• STAGE 3: Concrete-operational stage.

- Age between 8 to 11 years old or
elementary school years.
- The ability of the child to think logically
but only in terms of concrete objects.
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• STAGE 4: Formal-operational stage.

-In the final stage of formal operations
covering ages between 12 to 15
years old, thinking become more logical.