GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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concrete operational thought
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reversibility
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preoperational thought
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conservation of area
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Detailed explanation-1: -The concrete-operational stage depicts an important step in the cognitive development of children (Piaget, 1947). According to Piaget, thinking in this stage is characterized by logical operations, such as conservation, reversibility or classification, allowing logical reasoning.
Detailed explanation-2: -The preoperational period is divided into two stages: The Symbolic Function Substage occurs between 2 and 4 years of age and is characterized by the child being able to mentally represent an object that is not present and a dependence on perception in problem solving.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)
Detailed explanation-4: -Symbolic representations-the use of one object to stand for another. Egocentrism: Looking at the world only from one’s own point of view. Centration: Focusing on one dimension of objects or events and on static states rather than transformations.