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According to Piaget, a child who reasons that it can't be afternoon yet because she has not had her nap is engaged in:
A) mental operations.
B) collective monologues.
C) precausal thinking.
D) decentered reasoning.
Precausal Thinking
Piaget’s description of the reasoning of young children that does not follow the procedures of either deductive or inductive reasoning.
Decentered Reasoning
A cognitive development stage where individuals can consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously and understand perspectives other than their own.
Mental Operations
Cognitive processes that enable individuals to organize thoughts and solve problems logically.
- Comprehend the attributes and constraints of egocentric thought during the initial years of childhood.
- Understand the stages of cognitive development as proposed by Piaget, with a focus on the preoperational stage.
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Learning Objectives
- Comprehend the attributes and constraints of egocentric thought during the initial years of childhood.
- Understand the stages of cognitive development as proposed by Piaget, with a focus on the preoperational stage.
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