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Domains of Development

Piaget

Erickson
(b) Stage when child involves own sense of right and wrong before accepting Notes
societal norms of morality:

Post-conventional morality
Conventional morality
Pre-moral stage

2. Fill in the blanks.

(a) Piaget described morality through _______________ and ____________
morality.
(b) During heteronomous stage, children believe rules as being ________
____ and ____________.

7.1.4 Cognitive Development
It involves cognitive processes such as knowing, thinking, remembering,
recognising, categorising, imagining, reasoning, decision-making and so forth.
According to Piaget, children’s understanding of the world expands as they
experience new ideas and challenges. Children construct their own knowledge
through interaction with the surroundings. Cognitive development proceeds as
children mature.
Piaget divided cognitive development into four stages. These stages appear in
the same order in all individuals and no stage can be skipped. However, individual
differences in the pace with which children pass through these stages may differ
within certain limits.

Stages of
Cognitive
Development

Sensorimotor Pre- Concrete Formal
Operational
(Birth – 2 Operational Operational (11 years and
years) (2-7 years) (7-11 years) above)

Fig. 7.3 Four Stages of Cognitive Development
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