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Various criticisms of Piaget's work include: | Various criticisms of Piaget's work include: | ||
- | * Oversimplification of stages - it has been shown that with help of training program children can learn some concepts even before reaching a particular stage. Piaget's stages are therefore not as distinct as he assumed. | + | * **Oversimplification of stages** - it has been shown that with help of training program children can learn some concepts even before reaching a particular stage. Piaget's stages are therefore **not as distinct** as he assumed. |
- | * Overlooking the effects of the students' cultural and social groups - depending on social and cultural environment different aspects of childs development may be more or less valued than by Piaget. | + | * **Overlooking the effects of the students' cultural and social groups** - depending on social and cultural environment different aspects of child's development may be more or less valued than by Piaget. |
- | * 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 method** - Piaget based his conclusions on observations of a rather small number of children who do **not** necessarily form **a statistically representative sample**. |
+ | It is often considered that Piaget's **experiments weren't designed carefully enough** to exclude other explanations, that he offered to **little evidence** for his theory and that he didn't address important questions like **social and motivational influences** on cognitive development. | ||
- | ===== Keywords and most important names ===== | ||
+ | ===== Keywords and most important names ===== | ||
+ | * **Sensorimotor stage**, **preoperational stage**, **preoperational stage**, **formal operations**, **cognitive development** | ||
===== Bibliography ===== | ===== Bibliography ===== | ||