Psychology GCSE
Stage theory of cognitive development
What Stage theory of cognitive development means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Thinking develops through four stages in a fixed order: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational.
Topics that use Stage theory of cognitive development
- Development (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accommodation
- Active, discovery-based learning
- Application of developmental stages to education
- Application to examples of behaviour
- Assimilation
- Challenging Piaget’s methods
- Conservation and egocentricity
- Criticism of learning styles
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