AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One limit of concrete operational thinking is that ____
A
children have difficulty using information from more than one source
B
children are unable to work with information that they perceive directly
C
children’s mental operations work poorly with abstract ideas
D
children are only able to think hypothetically about abstract situations
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The important limitation of concrete operational thinking is that children think in an organized, logical fashion only when dealing with concrete information that they can perceive directly, but until age 11 or 12, their mental operations work poorly when considering abstract ideas-ones not apparent in the real world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Limitations of concrete operational thought. These new cognitive skills increase the child’s understanding of the physical world, however according to Piaget, they still cannot think in abstract ways. Additionally, they do not think in systematic scientific ways.

Detailed explanation-3: -Limitations Of Concrete Operational Thought-Children think in an organized logical fashion only when dealing with concrete info. they can perceive directly. their mental processing works poorly with abstract ideas. Ideas that are not apparent or obvious in the real world they have come to understand.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concrete operational stage (7–11 years) Children also become able to apply logical, concrete rules to physical objects. However, they cannot yet do the same thing for abstract concepts.

Detailed explanation-5: -The biggest limitation of the concrete operational reasoning stage of development, according to Piaget, is: that children in that stage cannot think in systematic, scientific ways. the notion that children in this stage fail to understand conservation tasks.

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