What are some commonly accepted weaknesses of Piaget's theory?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will include the following key points:
+ Piaget's theory underestimates cognitive competence in infants and young children and overestimates cognitive competence in adolescents.
+ Piaget's theory is vague with respect to processes and mechanisms of change.
+ Piaget's stage model does not account for variability in children's performance.
+ Piaget's theory undervalues the influence of the sociocultural environment on cognitive development.
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