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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 6

Topic: Piaget

Q6

Piaget described cognitive development as occurring

  1. (1) in four qualitatively different stagesCorrect answer
  2. (2) at three progressive levels
  3. (3) as resolution of conflict at eight stages
  4. (4) in a continuous manner from birth through adulthood

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) in four qualitatively different stages

  1. Piaget gave four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational.
  2. Each stage is a different kind of thinking, not just more of the same, so the change is qualitative and stage-wise.
  3. Three levels belong to Kohlberg; eight stages of conflict belong to Erikson; continuous growth is the information-processing view.

Trap: (3) matches Erikson's psychosocial theory, not Piaget.