According to Piaget, the Formal Operational Period of Development Lasts

question 95

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget, the formal operational period of development lasts from:

• A)birth through the age of 2
• B)the age of 2 through age 7
• C)the age of 7 through age 11
• D)the age of 11 through adulthood

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Definitions:

Authoritarian Parenting

A restrictive, punitive parenting style in which the parent exhorts the child to follow the parent’s directions and to value hard work and effort.

Assimilation

An individual’s incorporation of new information into existing knowledge.

Conservation

In cognitive development, the understanding that an object retains its properties even when its form or appearance changes.

Qualitatively Different

A term used to describe differences that cannot be measured by numbers alone, often involving distinct categories or types rather than amounts or degrees.