Piaget Qualitative Study

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Abstract This paper aims to study the relation between birth order and cognitive development in young children. this study will be looking at the cognitive development of these children in the age group of 3-6 who are in their preoperational stage (Piaget,) This qualitative study involves 13 children between the ages of three and six who attend a Kindergartens in singapore. Their cognition is tested on the basis of three categories- Conservation, ego centrism and Mental representation. Introduction According to Piaget,cognitive development in children is a mental process which they acquire from maturation and environmental experience. Piaget categorized children's developmental stages into four- Sensorimotor,preoperational,concrete operational

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