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Question

Assertion (A): Jean Piaget viewed children as discovering or constructing, virtually all knowledge about their world through their own activity.
Reason (R): Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development is described as a nativist approach to cognitive development.

The correct answer is

(A) is correct but (R) is not correct

Piaget indeed viewed children as active constructors of their own knowledge (A is correct). However, his theory is described as constructivist, not nativist, so R is incorrect. Option C is correct.

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Important Questions from Concept of Development

  1. ____________ occurs when there is orderly and progressive changes in a human being due to maturation and experience.

  2. Development occurs in human being

  3. Change in development is?

  4. According to which principle - the development in a child is directional from Head to toe ?

  5. Which of the following statement is not true in the context of development?  

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