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Piaget Cognitive Development — NCLEX Cheat Sheet

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👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team 🕐 Updated 2026-07-11 🏷️ Health Promotion & Maintenance 🔖 Free to read, print, and share

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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent Piaget Cognitive Development on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!

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Early

Key facts

Sensorimotor 0-2: object permanence
Preop 2-7: magical, egocentric

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Later

Key facts

Concrete 7-11: logical, conservation
Formal 11+: abstract thinking

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Teach

Teaching points

Preschool: dolls, simple, play
School-age: how things work, models
Teen: abstract, future consequences

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What to look for

Preschooler fears mutilation/body
Avoid abstract w/ young child

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Quick Tip

Sensorimotor (0-2 yr): learns through senses and movement; object permanence develops (peek-a-boo).

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