Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage - overall timespan
Birth to 2 years
Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage,,, define
infant increasingly learns to coordinate
sensations with movement and actions.
Simple reflexes span
birth - 1 month
Simple reflexes indicates
schema construction
1 )Simple reflexes originally to end
Originally the infant suck if the nipple was placed in his mouth
end of the first month, the infant will suck if the bottle is nearby
Habits and primary circular reactions- Span
(one to four months
2) Habits
Sucking unrelated to any bottle or nipple
primary circular reaction (repetitive) EX:
i. Child accidentally sucks fingers
ii. Looks for fingers to suck later
iii. Fingers may or may not cooperate
Secondary circular reactions - span
four to eight months
3. Secondary circular reactions
. Involves repitition of behaviors that deal with objects
-Imitate
Secondary circular reactions helps child be
object-oriented and focuses on the world
Coordination of secondary circular reactions span
(8 to twelve months
Coordination of secondary circular reactions define
Infants combine previously learned schemas
i. The infant may look at an object and explore it with
Coordination of secondary circular reactions -- infants demonstrate
goal-directedness
#object permanence
Tertiary circular reactions span
twelve to eighteen months
Tertiary circular reactions define
. Infants explore new possibilities with objects
i. They continually change what is done with the objects
Tertiary circular reactions develops
curiosity and interest in novelty
Internalization of schemes span
eighteen to twenty-four months
Internalization of schemes define
Infants develop the ability to use primitive symbols
i. symbol - An internalized word or image that represents person
Sensorimotor stage terminates with the onset of
fuller language capacity