Piaget Intuitive Thought. This stage begins around age 2 as children start to talk and lasts until approximately age 7. This stage begins around age 2 as children start to talk and lasts until approximately age 7.
Piaget stages of development are the foundation of a well known theory of early childhood development. Piaget s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence it was originated by the swiss developmental psychologist jean piaget 1896 1980. Between the ages of 4 and 7 a child begins to develop reasoning by asking a lot of questions.
He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
We explain each of the four stages and explore strategies based on piaget s theory for. Symbolic function substage and intuitive thought substage. This stage begins around age 2 as children start to talk and lasts until approximately age 7. The preoperational stage is the second stage in piaget s theory of cognitive development.