Jean Piaget
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Consider the following statements regarding Jean Piaget's 'Theory of Cognitive Development' in the context of Child Development and Pedagogy:
- 1. According to Piaget, cognitive development is not continuous, but occurs in a sequence of stages, where each stage is qualitatively different, and the sequence of these stages is universal and invariant in all children.
- 2. During the 'Pre-operational Stage' (approx. 2 to 7 years), the quality of 'conservation' is fully developed in children, enabling them to understand that changing the shape or form of an object keeps its quantity or volume unchanged.
- 3. In the 'Formal Operational Stage' (11 years and onwards), a child acquires the ability for abstract thinking, deductive reasoning, and solving hypothetical-deductive problems.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Detailed Explanation
Statement 1 is correct because, according to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the stages of development are sequential, universal, and invariant, and each stage is qualitatively different.
Statement 2 is incorrect because the quality of 'conservation' does not develop in the pre-operational stage, but rather during the 'Concrete Operational Stage' (7 to 11 years); children in the pre-operational stage exhibit a lack of conservation.
Statement 3 is correct because in the formal operational stage (11 years to adulthood), adolescents fully develop the capacity for abstract thinking, logical reasoning, and hypothetical problem-solving. Therefore, only statements 1 and 3 are correct.
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