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Example Question #1 : Options
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
None of these
Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
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.
Example Question #5 : Ib Psychology Hl
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
None of these
Preoperational stage
Sensorimotor stage
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.