Jean Piaget
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In the context of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, when a child transitions from the 'centration' and 'irreversibility' characteristics of the pre-operational stage to acquiring 'conservation' and 'decentration' abilities in the concrete operational stage, which of the following main psychological processes is best represented by this cognitive shift?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children in the pre-operational stage (approximately 2 to 7 years) exhibit limitations in their thinking such as centration (focusing on only one aspect of an object) and irreversibility (inability to mentally reverse a process).
- When the child enters the concrete operational stage, they develop decentration and reversibility.
- This enables them to understand conservation (the understanding that physical properties remain the same despite changes in form or appearance).
Therefore, option A accurately describes this core psychological transition.
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