The concrete operational stage years) During this stage, child develops definiti

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The concrete operational stage years) During this stage, child develops definitive rules or for ordering the world O These rules are called "operations", but can only be applied to objects in the real 'concrete' world Piaget claimed mental agility is needed to carry out logical operations that do not have real world aid Conservation is example of observation Conservation is the realization that objects can remain the same despite a change in appearance The pre-operational child lacks conservation. An example is when Piaget demonstrated the development of conservation in this age group using two rows of beads. When the green row was spread out, the concrete operational child realized that the number stayed the same even though the appearance changed Lengthy monologues are delivered before they begin. Children design complex role-playing games showing active imaginations and an understanding of the adult world McGarrigle and Donaldson (1974) questioned whether Piaget's methods were suitable for young children They used a glove puppet, Naughty Teddy, to 'accidentally transform the beads Under this condition and found that 63% of children 4-6 years old could successfully conserve because they recognized the number of beads remained the same

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Concrete operational stage is the third stage of Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development. It starts at 7 years of age and lasts up to 11 years of age.

The child starts developing a number of new cognitive

milestones. These include conservation (realization that objects remain same inspite of changes in its appearance) and operations(that is definitive rules developed by the child or for ordering the world).

Unlike the preoperational stage where the child lacks conservation same isn't seen in this stage. Example of this would be when Piaget used the demonstration of using two rows of beads, the kids belonging to the concrete operational stage could make out that inspite of change in the arrangement of beads the number of beads were the same.

This stage is also marked by active imagination and understanding of the adult world which is evident through the complex role plays seen in the children of this stage.

Mcgarigle and Donaldson questioned Jean Piaget's method of testing the cognitive development of children.

They used a demonstration where a glove puppet (called Naughty puppet) accidentally transforms the beads. So children as young as 4-6 years old(63% of the total children belonging to this age group in the demonstration) could successfully conserve as they realized that the number of beads were the same.

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