Chapter 3 Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development
Piaget's Stage Theory
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Cognitive Development
Piaget's Stage Theory

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Piaget's Four-Stage Theory

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Progress through the stages
- The stages build upon one another, with each one a prerequisite for the next. Some individuals, however, move through the stages more rapidly than others and do not make it all the way to formal operations.
-  Piaget argued that once

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Mechanisms Of Cognitive Change
- Piaget believed that  many factors determine development change.
  • 1st Maturation is biological
  • As children mature physically, new possibilities for development evolve.
  • Experience plays a role as well, as children practice new cognitive acquisitions their experiences with physical words permit them to learn important regularities. 

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  • One of the important ideas in Piagetian thinking is that cognitive conflict occurs most often when children are working on problems that require just a little bit more than they currently know.  
  • Social Environment also plays a role in development.  The quality of children's social environment at home & school affects the speed of movement through the stages.

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Evaluation of Piaget's Theory
  • Some intellectual advances Piaget described, such as the ability to solve certain abstract logical problems, appear to develop earlier than Piaget had described. 
  • For Example, some intellectual advances described by Piaget, such as the ability to solve certain abstract logical problems, appear to develop earlier than Piaget had described.

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What is the first stage of the four-stage theory of Piaget?
A
Preparational Stage
B
Formal Operational Stage
C
Sensorimotor Stage
D
Concrete Operational Stage

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At what age are children in the concrete operational stage?
A
5-6 yrs old
B
7-11 yrs old
C
2-7 yrs old
D
11+ yrs old

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