alleryStart learning →Piaget's theory of cognitive development unfolds in how many stages?
AFour stages
BTwo stages
CSix stages
DEight stages
Answer & Solution
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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