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L9 Assignment 2

L9 Assignment 2

Q Please watch the video and describe three ways in which it demonstrates the characteristics of a child's pre-operational thought (or any other part of Chapter 9 which you think is relevant.) Please write a brief essay to answer this. Please note that you can turn the captioning on if you have difficulty understanding what this child is saying. Play Video Participation Guidelines: Please answer the following question(s) and submit as a file attachment (e.g. Word file) using the Assignment tool. Click Upload a file to select the file you want to submit to your instructor for grading. The above assignment is graded. Refer to the calendar so you know when assignments are due.

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In the video, the child's age was five years old, so he belongs to Piaget’s pre-operational stage. Piaget's pre-operational stage begins from two years to seven years. It was evident that the child shows the characteristics of the pre-operational stage. Children who belong to this stage have thoughts that are unsystematic, illogical, as well as inconsistent. This we found in the child’s thinking pattern when Bill asked the boy about the cut and he replied it will go down to the blood and then it will go to the country. This kind of thinking was illogical and unsystematic. However, in his speech, it was also evident that he was engaging in adult-like talk. T