Identify three limitations of the child's thinking during the preoperational period, according to Piaget
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Egocentric thought: thinking that does not take into account the viewpoints of others.
- Lack of understanding of conservation problems. Conservation is the knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects.
- Centration: children during this period focus only on a limited aspect of a stimulus, ignoring other aspects.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false