Which of the following theories, identifies four stages of child's intellectual development i.e. sensory-motor, pre- operational, concrete operational and formal operational?

Options

A. Erickson's theory of Psycho-social Development
B. Freud theory of Psycho-sexual Development
C. Jean Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development
D. Kohlberg's theory of Moral Development

Answer

C

Explanation

Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. There are three basic components to Piaget.s Cognitive Theory: Schemas, Adaptation processes that enable the transition from one stage to another and stages of Cognitive developments which includes: sensory-motor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational. The goal of the theory is to explain the mechanisms and processes by which the infant, and then the child, develops into an individual who can reason and think using hypotheses.