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Example Question #1 : Developmental Psychology
Which of Jean Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development is characterized by the ability to use language and the inability to understand concrete logic?
Sensorimotor stage
Concrete operational stage
None of these
Formal operational stage
Preoperational stage
Preoperational stage
In the preoperational stage (~2-7 years old), a human can speak and understand language, but cannot yet comprehend concrete logic or complex relationships between characteristics of objects. Piaget also characterizes this as a stage of egocentrism.
Example Question #2 : Developmental Psychology
Which of Jean Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development is characterized by the ability to use language and the inability to understand concrete logic?
Formal operational stage
Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
None of these
Concrete operational stage
Preoperational stage
In the preoperational stage (~2-7 years old), a human can speak and understand language, but cannot yet comprehend concrete logic or complex relationships between characteristics of objects. Piaget also characterizes this as a stage of egocentrism.