1. Applying Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Abilities
Piaget became fascinated early in his studies with the discovery that children of the same age often gave the same incorrect answers to questions, suggesting that there were consistent, qualitative differences in the nature of reasoning of different ages, not simply a quanitive increase in the amount of intelligence or knowledge. ... Preoperational children are able to make mental representations of unseen objects, but cannot use deductive reasoning, demonstrate conservation of number, and can differentiate their perspective from that of other people. ...
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