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* Unscientific methods - Piaget based his conclusions on observations of a rather small number of children who do not necessarily form a statistically representative sample. | * Unscientific methods - Piaget based his conclusions on observations of a rather small number of children who do not necessarily form a statistically representative sample. | ||
- | Piaget's research methods were one of the main cause of criticism to his work, since he used a rather source sample composed of his own three children and children of | ||
- | "The developmental theory of Jean Piaget has been criticized on the grounds that it is conceptually limited, empirically false, or philosophically and epistemologically untenable." (Lourenco & Machado, 1996, p. 143) | ||
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- | Lourenço, O.; Machado, A. (1996). "In defense of Piaget's theory: A reply to ten common criticisms" | ||
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