alleryStart learning →The first of Piaget's four stages is the:
ASensorimotor stage
BPreoperational stage
CConcrete operational
DFormal operational
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sensorimotor stage
1. The stages are ordered by age, youngest first.
2. Piaget proposed a theory of cognitive development that unfolds in four stages.
3. Those stages are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
4. Sensorimotor comes first, before the preoperational stage begins at about age 2.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 'Lifespan Development', sections 9.1-9.4_
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