alleryWhich statement fits Piaget's idea of stages of cognitive development?
AAges for each stage are fixed
BNo stage is ever skipped
CLater stages erase earlier ones
DOrder varies by culture
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. No stage is ever skipped
1. Piaget used *stage* in a strict sense.
2. Stages always happen in the same order.
3. No stage is ever skipped, and each later stage builds on the earlier ones.
4. Ages are only approximate, but the sequence is fixed.
**Why not the others:** Ages are only approximate, later stages build on (not erase) earlier ones, and culture changes the rate, not the order.
_Source: Seifert and Sutton, Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. (2009, CC BY 3.0), Ch 3, section "Cognitive development: the theory of Jean Piaget", p. 47_
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