DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADOLESCENCE PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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perception rather than reasoning
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reasoning rather than perception
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The preoperational stage is the second stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. This stage begins around age two and lasts until approximately age seven. During this period, children are thinking at a symbolic level but are not yet using cognitive operations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget noted that children at the beginning of this stage do not yet understand concrete logic, cannot mentally manipulate information, and are unable to take the point of view of other people, which he termed egocentrism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget, the Swiss psychologist, suggests that children’s intelligence undergoes changes as they grow. Cognitive development in children is not only related to acquiring knowledge, children need to build or develop a mental model of their surrounding world (Miller, 2011).
Detailed explanation-4: -What was Piaget’s explanation as to why preschool-age children in the preoperational stage makes errors on tasks requiring conservation? Preschool children’s tendency toward centration prevents them from focusing on other relevant features of a situation.