Riegal Built Upon Piaget's Stage Theory by Adding a Stage

question 59

Multiple Choice

Riegal built upon Piaget's stage theory by adding a stage to represent wisdom. What was the name of this stage?

• A) Preoperational stage
• B) Concrete Operations stage
• C) Dialectical Operations stage
• D) Formal Operations stage

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Definitions:

Conscientiousness

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Life-Story Interviews

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