Question

According to the cognitive development theorists, the child can understand the basic principles of casual thinking and scientific experimentation in a period of :

• A. Infancy
• B. Early adolescence
• C. Concrete operations
• D. Later adolescence

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Early adolescence

Early Adolescence (Ages 10 to 13)

Cognitive development at this stage

• Early adolescents have concrete, black-and-white thinking, all-or-nothing thinking and a limited capacity for abstract thought.

• Things are either right or wrong, great or terrible, without much room in between. 

•  Thinking may be egocentric - It is normal at this stage for young people to center their thinking on themselves called "egocentrism". 

• Children this age may be self-conscious about their appearance and apprehensive about being judged by their peers.
• Intellectual interests expand, and early adolescents develop deeper moral thinking.