Jean Piaget
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In the context of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, 'conservation' and 'decentration' are considered key conceptual features of the 'Concrete Operational Stage' (7-11 years). Children's ability in this stage to understand that mass, number, or volume remains unchanged despite changes in an object's shape or appearance directly demonstrates the development of which new mental skill?
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Explanation of Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage
According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children in the concrete operational stage acquire the mental skills of reversibility and decentration.
- Reversibility: The understanding that actions can be reversed (e.g., water frozen into ice can be melted back into water).
- Decentration: The ability to focus on multiple dimensions of a problem rather than being fixated on a single perceptual aspect (e.g., height and width simultaneously).
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