Which of the Following Would Violate the Principles of Piaget's

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would violate the principles of Piaget's theory?

• A) if identical twins reached the preoperational stage at different times
• B) if more intelligent children went through the stages faster than less intelligent children
• C) if a gifted child skipped the concrete operational stage and went directly to the formal operational stage
• D) if a child went through a revolutionary change of thought at 2 years of age

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Definitions:

Reification

Turning an abstract into a concrete thing—for example, assuming that because there are measures of intelligence, there is a unitary, tangible entity called intelligence.

Abstraction

The process of removing physical, specific details to focus on ideas or concepts at a more general, simplified level.

Real Thing

An authentic object or concept, as opposed to an imitation or reproduction.

Likert Scale

An interval scale on which respondents record their reactions to statements by checking their level of agreement between, for example, “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree.”