Cognitive theory

To prepare:

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 4

Post a brief summary of the resource you found. From the resource, identify and explain any limitations of this theory when applied to a non-Western culture. Use proper APA format and citations.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources. Use proper APA format and citations.

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Another limitation is that this theory assumes that the way of thinking in children at a certain stage should be similar in all the tasks undertaken. For instance, children in preschool should be in a position to perform the cognitive tasks in the preoperational stage. In this case, a child may not be in a position to place objects in a logical manner because of the inability to reverse such things mentally. Looking at children in the non-western culture, due to social-economic challenges in most countries, the children are likely to have not started preschool. Since Piaget conducted his scientific research using a small number of children, this theory is thus inadequate in identifying the characteristic of children in the non-western culture. Also, based on this theory, since the underlying assumption is that cognitive development is dependent

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Cognitive theory
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