Question

The transition to the preoperational period is marked by the ability to

a) think about and act on the world internally. .

b) act intentionally.

c) engage in tool use and means-end analysis.

d) conserve mass, volume, and quantity

Answer 1

The transition to the preoperational period is marked by the ability to b) act intentionally. As chidren learn to experient with the ojects aound tthem, they often repeat the same thing again and again to see results. Like dropping a spoon repeatedly to hear its sound.

Piaget's theory of cognitive development explains the child's mental development in each stage of development. The 4 stages are -

• Sensorimotor stage - from birth to age 2, children make sense of the world around them, transition to next stage happens when object permanence develops.
• Pre-operational stage - from age 2 to age 7, children are still egocentric in their thinking and lack conservation skills.Learning is through pretend play. They also learn to think internally.
• Concrete operational stage - from age 7 to age 11, children develop conservation skills, seriation and beginning of logical thinking.
• Formal operational stage- age 11+ , adolescence- development of abstract thinking and advanced reasoning and logic