Piaget S Theory Of Cognitive Development Formal Operational Stage. The formal operational stage begins at approximately age twelve and lasts into adulthood. The first of these the sensorimotor stage extends from birth to the acquisition of language in this stage infants progressively construct knowledge and understanding of the world by.
The formal operational stage is the final stage of piaget s theory of development. The formal operational stage begins at approximately age twelve and lasts into adulthood. Piaget describes stages of cognitive development 1923 1952 huitt w.
Piaget s theory included four distinct stages of development.
The preoperational stage from age 2 to about age 7. In piaget s view early cognitive development involves processes based upon actions and later progresses to changes in mental operations. The first of these the sensorimotor stage extends from birth to the acquisition of language in this stage infants progressively construct knowledge and understanding of the world by. Children in the formal operational stage are able to use abstract thought.