Jean Piaget
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Consider the following key characteristics of the 'Concrete Operational Stage' (approximately 7 to 11 years) under Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development:
- 1. In this stage, the child acquires the ability for classification of objects and seriation, and thoroughly understands the principle of conservation of numbers and quantities.
- 2. The full capacity for abstract thinking, hypothetical-deductive reasoning, and solving complex problems logically without the help of concrete objects is fully developed in this stage.
- 3. During this phase, the child learns the trait of 'decentration', due to which they can consider various aspects of an object or problem simultaneously instead of viewing it from only a single aspect or dimension.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children in the concrete operational stage develop the capacity for conservation, classification, and decentration. Statements 1 and 3 are correct.
However, abstract thinking and hypothetical-deductive reasoning develop not in this stage, but in the subsequent formal operational stage. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
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