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Piaget's theory of cognitive development unfolds in how many stages?Read the answer and worked solution →The first of Piaget's four stages is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Piaget's preoperational stage covers roughly which ages?Read the answer and worked solution →Piaget's third stage, running from about 7 to 11 years, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The last of Piaget's stages, from about age 11 to adulthood, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Understanding that mass, volume and number stay the same when shape changes is called:Read the answer and worked solution →An infant's sudden grasp that hidden objects still exist is given as an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Discontinuous development is characterised by growth occurring in:Read the answer and worked solution →Erik Erikson took Freud's theory and modified it into:Read the answer and worked solution →Piaget differed from psychoanalytic and psychosocial theorists by focusing on children's:Read the answer and worked solution →Psychosocial development is described as occurring as children form relationships, interact with others and:Read the answer and worked solution →A child genetically predisposed to a difficult temperament illustrates the influence of:Read the answer and worked solution →Object permanence and conservation differ in that conservation is mastered in which stage?Read the answer and worked solution →Ordering Piaget's four stages by age gives:Read the answer and worked solution →Conservation means that changing an object's shape leaves unchanged its mass, number and:Read the answer and worked solution →Erikson's psychosocial theory is described as a modification of the work of:Read the answer and worked solution →A genetically difficult temperament matters developmentally because it:Read the answer and worked solution →Stop on the right Piaget stageRead the answer and worked solution →Put Piaget's stages in orderRead the answer and worked solution →Match each development termRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: developmentRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the Piaget agesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development unfolds in how many stages?

  1. Four stages
  2. Two stages
  3. Six stages
  4. Eight stages
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Correct answer: A. Four stages

1. Stage theorists divide development into named periods. 2. Piaget focused on children's cognitive growth. 3. He proposed a theory of cognitive development that unfolds in four stages. 4. They are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 'Lifespan Development', sections 9.1-9.4_

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The first of Piaget's four stages is the:

  1. Sensorimotor stage
  2. Preoperational stage
  3. Concrete operational
  4. Formal operational
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Correct answer: A. Sensorimotor stage

1. The stages are ordered by age, youngest first. 2. Piaget proposed a theory of cognitive development that unfolds in four stages. 3. Those stages are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. 4. Sensorimotor comes first, before the preoperational stage begins at about age 2. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 'Lifespan Development', sections 9.1-9.4_

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Piaget's preoperational stage covers roughly which ages?

  1. 11 to adulthood
  2. 2 to 7 years old
  3. 0 to 2 years old
  4. 7 to 11 years old
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Correct answer: B. 2 to 7 years old

1. Each Piagetian stage is tied to an approximate age band. 2. Piaget's second stage is the preoperational stage. 3. It runs from approximately 2 to 7 years old. 4. The concrete operational stage follows, from about 7 to 11 years old. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 'Lifespan Development', sections 9.1-9.4_

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