A nursing instructor is teaching a group of student nurses about the different theories of cognition. Which cognitive development theory proposes that all children progress through the same stages of development?
A) Piaget
B) Vygotsky
C) Information-processing
D) Erickson
Answer: A
Piaget's cognitive development theory proposes that all children progress through the same stages of development. Vygotsky's theory, on the other hand, discards the idea that all children progress through the same stages of development. Instead, Vygotsky theorized that skill development is influenced by the child's environment and culture. The information-processing theory views the mind as a computer that is always changing and evolving and takes in information, operates on it, and converts it to answers. Erickson's theory is not a cognitive development theory, but rather is a behavioral development theory.
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