CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

PIAGET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statements are false about Piaget’s stages of cognitive development:
A
Children must pass through the stages in order
B
Stages cannot be skipped
C
Children can pass through stages at different rates
D
They all appear to be true
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hence, it could be concluded that the correct order of Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development is ‘Sensory-motor period-Preoperational period-Concrete operational period-Formal operational period’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The answer that is not one of Piaget’s phases of cognitive development is a. postoperational. The sensorimotor phase occurs between ages 0-2 years old and cognitive development is centred around sensory and motor input.

Detailed explanation-4: -To Piaget, cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of biological maturation and environmental experience. Children construct an understanding of the world around them, then experience discrepancies between what they already know and what they discover in their environment.

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