Jean Piaget
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At the primary level, in the context of child development and teaching-learning processes, consider the following statements regarding the key characteristics and limitations of Jean Piaget's 'Preoperational Stage' (approx. 2 to 7 years) of cognitive development:
- 1. In this stage, children fully develop the mental skill of 'conservation', allowing them to thoroughly understand that changing the shape or container of an object does not alter its quantity, volume, or mass.
- 2. The thinking of children in this age group exhibits a tendency towards 'egocentrism', whereby they assume that other people view the world from the exact same perspective as they do themselves.
- 3. Another major limitation of this stage is 'centration', where a child can focus on only a single dimension of an object or situation (such as only length or only width) and cannot simultaneously mentally integrate multiple aspects.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the ability of 'conservation' is not developed in children during the 'Preoperational Stage' (2-7 years). The quality of conservation typically develops in the subsequent 'Concrete Operational Stage' (7-11 years). Therefore, statement 1 is incorrect.
- Egocentrism: Children in the preoperational stage often assume that others experience the world precisely as they do, making statement 2 correct.
- Centration: Preoperational children tend to focus on a single perceptual dimension (e.g., height of a glass) while ignoring others (e.g., width), making statement 3 correct.
Thus, statements 2 and 3 are correct, making Option B the right choice.
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