In Piaget’s four stages, he underestimates children’s thinking ability. I see evidence of this through the “pre-operational stage states.” Piaget proclaims a child’s thinking lacks the logic and organization of the remaining two. I interpret this meaning, Piaget believed, at the “pre-operational stage” the child’s thinking was vain and to only be corrected by evolving to the next stage. My four year old nephew can identify and distinguish other people’s emotions and grasp the reason why mom/dad is angry or sad. Another example, a child drawing a picture for a parent and presenting it to him/her, the child will acknowledge the parent’s compliment, or comment regarding the drawing. This reveals appreciation, and regarding Piaget’s theory, the
