Psychology GCSE
Fixed sequence of cognitive stages
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Piaget proposed that children develop intelligence through a fixed sequence of stages, each with distinct ways of thinking.
Topics that use Fixed sequence of cognitive stages
- Development (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accommodation
- Active, discovery-based learning
- Application of developmental stages to education
- Application to examples of behaviour
- Assimilation
- Challenging Piaget’s methods
- Conservation and egocentricity
- Criticism of learning styles
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