Evaluate Piaget's approach to cognitive development
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Piaget's theory provides a detailed portrait of preschooler's cognitive abilities.
- The broad outlines of his theory provide a useful way of thinking about preschooler's cognitive advances.
- However, he may have underestimated preschoolers' capabilities in regard to the understanding of numbers and conservation.
- Additionally, he focused on children's deficiencies in thinking, by focusing his observations on the lack of logical thought, during this period.
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