As we grow and develop, we all go through these stages. The first stage, Sensorimotor, is from birth to about two years of age. In this stage, you were experiencing the world by looking, touching, mouthing, and grasping. Until at least 6 months old, you are not yet aware of object permanence, which means that even when you can’t see an object, you are still aware that it exists. In the second stage preoperational, the age ranges from two until six or seven years of age. In this stage you are able to use words and images to represent or talk about things. In this stage, you are normally playing pretend and believe that everyone thinks the same way as you. For example, around this age a 6-year-old girl would want to give her mom a Barbie doll for her birthday because that’s what she would want. The third stage is concrete operational which is from age seven to about age 11. In this stage you are using logical thinking and you should be able to perform arithmetical
As we grow and develop, we all go through these stages. The first stage, Sensorimotor, is from birth to about two years of age. In this stage, you were experiencing the world by looking, touching, mouthing, and grasping. Until at least 6 months old, you are not yet aware of object permanence, which means that even when you can’t see an object, you are still aware that it exists. In the second stage preoperational, the age ranges from two until six or seven years of age. In this stage you are able to use words and images to represent or talk about things. In this stage, you are normally playing pretend and believe that everyone thinks the same way as you. For example, around this age a 6-year-old girl would want to give her mom a Barbie doll for her birthday because that’s what she would want. The third stage is concrete operational which is from age seven to about age 11. In this stage you are using logical thinking and you should be able to perform arithmetical