Solution:Correct sequence of stages of cognitive development is :
1. Sensory motor stage : During this stage, children primarily learn about their environment through their senses and motor activity.
2. Preoperational stage : At the age of two, children enter the preoperational stage, where their ability to use mental representations, rather than physical appearance of objects or people, improves greatly.
3. Concrete operational stage : The period starts from the age of 7 and lasts up to 12 years, child can focus on multiple aspects of a stimulus, they starts to understand the concept of reversibility.
4. Formal operational stage : At the age of 12 years, children enter the formal operational stage where they have ability to think abstractly.