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Theory
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Cognitive development that all children progress through systematically with neuro-growth. At each stage major changes occur. Each stage consists of a general set of abilities which form a consisted, intergrated whole - gestalt. As a child grwos, new abilities added + new gestalt
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Method
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Semi clinical interview. Partly a psychiatric interview - time consuming but more accurate
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Result
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Four Stages
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Sensorimotor stage (Age and description)
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0-18 months - sense and motor skills and learn object motor skills
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Preoperational stage
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2-7 - use mental repetition to think, but limited by lack of consideration for other people.
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Concrete operational
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7-11 - begins to think logically
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Formal operational reasoning
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adolescence - cognitive development reaches its peak
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Number of criticisms
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six
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Number one
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assumed characteristic in one would be for whole species
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leaves room for researcher bias by leaving out others
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only a small number of swiss children (his and his friends) - same socio-economic background
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semi-clinical - failed to control variables
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assumed failure to perform meant lack of that particular ability
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Results can only be found with his methods. there are arguments no major changes between preoperational and concrete operational stages.
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