Piaget Stages. This is the final stage of piaget s theory of cognitive development and it lasts from approximately age 11 through the rest of life. It is during the final part of the sensorimotor stage that early representational thought emerges.
According to this theory the stages of cognitive development are sensorimotor stage 0 2 years preoperational stage. Each stage includes certain milestones where the child demonstrates a more. 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.
Piaget s theory is mainly known as a developmental stage theory.
According to piaget s theory every child undergoes these stages. Piaget suggests that children go through four distinct stages of cognitive development from birth to adulthood. Piaget s stages of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory of how human intelligence is gradually developed through continuous interaction with the environment using sensory organs logic and capability of thinking. This is the final stage of piaget s theory of cognitive development and it lasts from approximately age 11 through the rest of life.