How to Memorize Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development 

Also a Nursing student, great mnemonics. Couldn't help but make my sentence " Start Preschool before Classes and Fraternization" helps me match the ages. Your website is a study tool we share with others a lot.

The world needs more people like you Mr. Britt. Thanks so much!

PIAGET'S LUNCH: SOP aka Soup: Sensorimotor Object Permanence PMTCEA aka Pimento Cheese Sandwich: Preoperational Magical Thinking Conservation of Energy, Assimilation COLTA FOAT aka Coke Float: Concrete Operations Logical Thinking, Accommodation-------Formal Operations Abstract Thinking. Michael this one help me A LOT....I came up with this....feel free to use it......:)

its crazy how i crammed everything here,like i still remember all the objects that were shown in every stage like i remember everythinn,ill come back and give an update after my test on MOnday

Mr. Britt, I am studying for the EPPP and let me tell you what, this is the first time I laughed while studying. Thank you for this video.

Thanks for this video! Also, an acronym sentence I made on the spot for *SPCF* is *Some Penguins Can Fly.* Hope it helps anyone struggling to remember the order :)

I wish you were my psychology lecturer. Thanks for the explanation, great video

Amazing - at one point I was laughing so hard - it brought tears to my eyes - and I remembered everything!

I've been trying to memorise the order of the stages for ages, and after his video I finally can! Thank you! :)

At first I was like "oh my god this guy is crazy what is he doing with motorcycles" and now I actually know all of the information I need for my test. Thank you so much kind sir. I'm sorry I doubted you.

This is AWESOME! Thank you! It was fun to watch and I'm starting to feel way better about the chapter.

I just want to thank you so much! I hadn't studied Piaget's stages and thought I would never learn them in time but this really worked! I must say I was doubtful at first, but I'm sure I will never forget them now. Thank you so much, you are amazing!

I have never tried this method of learning before and it works great! I use your videos for MCAT studying and I really have to thank you, Mr. Britt, for easing the stress of having to memorize so many concepts meaninglessly and painfully.

Saw this for the first time. Came up with Some People Count Fingers. Seems like a winner. Luv and Peace.

I read a book on memory improvement and it uses many of the concepts and devices you employed in the video- very interesting and helpful.

This works also very well for non-native speakers. A visual with the words. Also, the sillier the better, if it makes me smile then it is all worth it. Tests are hard and nerve wrecking as it is. Thank you Mr. Britt!

I have my AP test for my psychology class tomorrow. all your videos have been extremely helpful. I feel very confident about taking it, thanks to you.

This really helped! At first I thought the ideas in this video were dumb and that they wouldn't be that helpful. But I was taking a pysc test a few hours later and these images kept popping in my mind. It really helped me recall the info. Thanks for sharing!!

You are wonderful. I never thought being able to memorize Piaget's stage. Now it's a piece of cake! THANKS

This was so helpful to me! I hope you know I literally tell everyone about your videos and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. I can't get the idea of four males with abs out of my head... THANK YOU!

Thank you Mr. Britt, the examples for assimilation, accommodation and abstract thinking were great... they're now glued to my brain.

You are awesome, thanks! Taking the ASWB test on Thursday. My undergrad degree is in Psych, but this is a great refresher.

This is awesome, I've watched it 4 times and feel much more comfortable taking my LCSW exam!

Really useful! Breaks the stages down very well. Studying for my psychology honours and stuff like this really helps when there is so much information to learn and remember.

We need more people like you Michael, thank you.

SCPF - (imma take one that I read on here, thanks!) some people can’t function Sensorimotor - there is a pair of ants (permanence) crawling on a motorcycle. Pair = 2 so 0-2 years of age. The motorcycle have buns for wheels. Preoperational - a preacher is running away from a rabbit in a hat (magical thinking), Smokey the bear (conservation), and a donkey/Ass (assimilation). He runs away from them for 2- 7 years, no one really knows exactly. The preacher is wearing shoes. Concrete operations - there’s concrete in the lodge (logical thinking) that accommodates you. You live in that lodge from 7 to 11 years old. The lodge is in a forest of trees For the winter formal, guys want abs. You only want abs from 11 years on to wow them ladies. You walk through a big door for the winter formal

Not only is this a very fun way to study, but it's SO HELPFUL!! Thank you!!

I absolutely love this! I was having so much trouble trying to remember all of this and this video helped immensely. Thank you for taking the time to make this, I was cracking up the whole time :)

I wish I would have found you at the beginning of my bio/psych course!! I have a final tomorrow, and this stuff is exactly what I need to imprint in my old brain!!! God bless you for taking the time to do this for all of us!!! You are GREAT!!!!! I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE ANT'S!! That is my nickname! : )

Thank you. Loved this. No trouble remembering this. YOU are awesome!

Its worked for me, exam tomorrow, feel confident I can recall thanks to this.

This is amazing! Thank you for this post. This was sooo effective. I've had to remember these stages various times throughout my academic career but never has it been this easy and memorable!

I love you’re mnemonics and you’ve been very helpful! Conservation happens in stage 3 so it’s kind of confusing that you’re talking about it in stage 2 (even though I get your point that you’re saying conservation is “difficult” thereby not happening in this stage).

You have helped me so much! You should branch out and do other subjects, you are so gifted.

At first I watched this and was like, this guy is nuts.... But the visuals helped and I did perfectly on that portion of the test. So you are not nuts, you're awesome. Thank you.

Thank you so much for creating this video. I sincerely respect professors who is really making us, students, to understand psychology. Thank you.

These examples just make this look so simple thank you very much

Thank you! Mnemonic devices got me through anatomy and physiology at uni. This is really helpful.

Michael Britt, you are an excellent teacher. In fact, you are probably the best teacher I've ever learned from. Thank you for your hard work. I really do appreciate this.

My professor used the acronym sentence Stinky Pigs Cant Fly and each word can be linked to the definition of what it stands for. I found it super helpful along with ur video.

I struggle to come up with my own mnemonics, as I lack imagination. So, with your help, I am better able to recall what I need to! Thank you for taking your time to help students like me!

Hey, i just wanted to say, needed to say, that you are a very,very good teatcher! There is no better strategy than humor when learning someone something new. Thank you very much Michael Britt for this fantastic lesson! Cheers from Sweden!

Some People Can Fly

What a Way to Teach a New Stuff with Ease 👏👏👏Mnemonics 👍 Now if any one asks me the concept then I can able to present at any moment, though at sleep 😴 Great show sir

This just saved me from wracking my brain all day again!!! Much appreciated!!!

You are absolutely phenomenal.

Thank you so much for this Michael!

The amount of times I could have saved trying to cram things. Great video.

That was great, THANK YOU!!!!! I remember things better this way so i'll feel more prepared for an exam on this material !!!!!!!

I totally looooved it.Such a fun way of explaining things.Thank you so much for the help!

I watch this before my exam. It saves me, thank you!

at first i thought you were crazy, but no, you are a genius... can't wait to watch more of your vids.. thank you so much :)

Fantastic! Glad to hear it. Good luck on that test!

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! This and the One on Erikson helped me a lot!

This helped a lot, you explained everything very clear! Cheers from Belgium

I take my PLT test today, I am going to sound crazy whispering 1 is a bun, 2 is a shoe ect. haha

wish my questions would be this easy

i am a stay at home mother, it is uesful and easy to understand ,thanks

Thank you! What a great method of learning, will teach it to my grade 4's as well!

Thanks Ali. Appreciate your comment.

Thanks for the video Michael Britt I always remember my work with using your videos (Y)

Stage 3 Concrete Operations- Logical thinking and accommodation. Concrete block(but then I changed it up) We should think logically when making accommodations. I have learned all my life by doing silly little words and pictures. I thought I was odd or slow to need them. I am seeing more and more people are doing this. So I am in good company. lol

Thanks so much, never thought this would work! Made studying a bit more fun

Great way to remember these! The only thing missing is the ages for the 3 after sensorimotor. Thanks for the video!

thaaaankuuuuuuuuu💟 i wish i had a teacher like you in real life for making complex things so easy ❤

this is going to help me with my PLT Praxis exam. Thank you so much for this.

Great video. I decided to make this sentence. SPCF= Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Friends.

I love the examples you gave to us sir ! I learned a lot, thank you !

I love your mnemonic ideas! These have successfully worked for me in Social Studies with my 4 Asia and 2 Europe map "songs" and such.

thank you so musch mr.Michael britt you have extremely perfect teaching skill thank you its really helpful .

You did a really good job, thank you so much for help me studying for my exam! :)

Delightfully thorough explanation, let us not be cruel to Fruit or Flies or fruit flies. Will share with my students, thank you.

As I was watching this, I was like this is CRAZY!!! but IT WORKS!!! woke up this morning and this crazy cartoon figure was playing in my head an I remembered everyone stage!!! THANK YOU AND DO YOU HAVE ANYMORE VIDEOS??? I must look!!

I really apreciate it, Mr. Britt!! Muchas gracias!!

Another great sentence might be "Silly Piaget, Children [are] Funny". Thanks for all the amazing videos!

loved the test like questions at the end!!! A little too much "extra" talking, it was hard fro me to focus. But it was awesome! Thanks :)

You’re a real professor, not the one I now have

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4 is a door. The FORMAL starts @ 4. The boy opens the DOOR for the girl before entering the FORMAL. The boy worked out at the gym all month to get flat ABS to fit his tux.

This is fantastic simplified and well organised work

Michael: Amazing information and I appreciate you helping me with taking my LCSW exam!!! Thanks!

I did enjoy it for sure, 🤓you're a magician🙌.Thanks a million.

this is awesome! I can't wait to watch the rest of your videos. so fun!

I'm starting to understand piaget, thank's to you!!

Yea, that's me. I have to admit it. Glad you liked it.

Thank you for doing this! Your creativity really helps.

Mnemonics sounds interesting to me. Great strategy to recall new words. Great vid!

This is so much fun! You laughing makes me laugh and helps me study! When its fun, we learn better!

Awesome!!! loved it, I had to memorize these stages for my mcat.. it was fun to learn this right away

Thank you Mr.Britt, I think this will help me a lot in my exam "Cognitive Theories".

hi sir there is no doubt in your video. ur way of describing piaget's stages is very simple and understandable, i am also thinking that in the fourth stage is like four is door of hostpital where abstract is adwance break system (u can't go in operational room) so there is four (doctor, nurse, table and medicine or injection any thing else) it should be wrong but i try thanx

thank you soooo much! pls.continue teaching I learn so much better this way.

Mnemonics rock! Thanks.

First off, my MCAT is in a couple of days and this helped me learn a concept I had been struggling with! Every little bit helps! Secondly, I noticed that egocentrism wasn't included in the preoperational stage. I just added an image of an Ego waffle to my mental image.

Thanks a bunch... so helpful. Going to watch Erikson's in a few...

let me help 1 sensoriMOTOR : a bike racer 2 wheels (2yrs age )bike is an object (permanance) 2 preoperationational : a surgeon has big ego tries to assimilate according to the body only and replaces the lost blood to conserve. 3.concrete operational : a civil worker uses concrete built 711 and other buildings to ACCOMODATE people must go by logic and use precise measurements 4.formal operational : an artist , very formal does abstract art is creative understands schema well nd can mentally imagine the bigger picture (consequences)

I love this but would rather have used mnemonics that related specifically to the term. Its good and well to remember the term but if you cant relate the term to its meaning it would be useless in more in depth discussions. The example of the Concrete block for concrete operations is excellent because a concrete block relates to something real, logical, non-abstract. 1) Sensori-motor has to do with the development of your "sensors" (ie senses) and motor function. I think a good mnemonic would be a baby crawling (motor) into a wall (sensing (smell, touch, taste ect) permanence of an object). 2) Pre- means before (basic English suffix) Operational (think of something that is completed and ready to do stuff - operational/ working). So Thus in PreOp your development is moving to an operational stage but not yet there. In operational stages logic is develop so in preop "Imaginary or magic thinking (tooth fairy ect, Imaginary friend) This is import and in developing reality. Egocentic and centration (Think of your little sibling and the word "MINE!"). Its all about them. Assimilation They can associate similarities between objects (Two donkey's looking the same [Ass +similar]) 3) Concrete Operational (concrete block, It is real, it is developed, Logic) I think of a house build with concrete blocks, Orginised (orginised thinking) with furniture, Wooden Roof (LOGical thinking) and Glass windows (flexibility [see through] / accommodation) 4) Formal Operation (Think of man in black suit doing work.) Abstract thinking (remember abstract nouns in school ie Love so a heart) Hypothetico-deductive is also key here. Hypothetico (Think Hypothesis/ Hippopotamus) deductive (top-down" logic ) de- suffix means down. So when facing a problem you can throw it with a hippopotamus wearing a top hat or come up with a complex solution to solve the problem using deductive thinking.

this is amazing, and so are you! thank you, its exactly the visual learning that i needed!

Thank you Michael, very helpful and a fun way to learn. Very much appreciated!

Excellent video, really helped me cement the knowledge