CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

PIAGET

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Piaget argued that children develop through adaption-they adjust to the world as they experience new things. True or False?

A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Piaget argued that cognitive and intellectual development happens through a process of adaptation. That is, children learn by adjusting to the world. They do this through assimilation, accommodation and equilibration.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Piaget believed that there are two basic ways that we can adapt to new experiences and information: assimilation and accommodation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, it could be concluded that the statement ‘It believes that development is a continuous process’ is not true about the theory of cognitive development given by Jean Piaget.

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