PREOPERATIONAL STAGE

with regard to Jean Piaget's theory, the second major occurrence of mental growth, approximately between 2 and 7 years old, whenever the kid comes to be able to document experience in a symbolic manner and to symbolize an item, occurrence, or emotion in speech, motion, drawing, and alike methods. During the latter 2 years of the preoperational phase, egocentrism reduces significantly with the emerging capacity to acclimate to the viewpoint of other people. Commonly referred to as symbolic phase.