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S/PS/219. A critical evaluation of Piaget's theory of cognitive development

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2010
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Piaget proposed that a child's thinking proceeds through a series of four broad developmental stages and this paper discusses the theory. The stages are: firstly, the sensori-motor stage, from birth to 2 years, the pre-operational stage, from age 2 to 7 years, the concrete operations stage, from age seven to 11-12, and finally the formal operations stage, from age 11-12 upwards. The paper shows how Piaget's theory of cognitive development is considered to be controversial – how some of the identified stages may not apply to different cultural groups, and that an individual child's development may heavily depend upon social and cultural factors. The research refers to numerous studies on developmental psychology and on the works of Beilin and Borke which evaluate Piaget's legacy.

 

KEYWORDS: Piaget, cognitive development, developmental psychology, Beilin, Borke,

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