DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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overestimated
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underestimated
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore, Piaget might have underestimated children’s cognitive abilities. For example, a child might have object permanence (competence) but still not be able to search for objects (performance). When Piaget hid objects from babies he found that it wasn’t till after nine months that they looked for it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget’s theory has some shortcomings, including overestimating the ability of adolescence and underestimating infant’s capacity. Piaget also neglected cultural and social interaction factors in the development of children’s cognition and thinking ability.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bower found that infants as young as eight weeks can turn their eyes to anticipate whether the object would reappear or not on the other side of the screen. Both of these results suggest that Piaget might have underestimated this measure.