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Q The discussion board is intended to take the place of classroom discussions. You should respond to the prompts below and reply to at least one other person's post. Response should be thorough and thoughtful, indicate understanding of key concepts and include reference to the textbook and relevant personal experience. Here is the probe: You have now learned about Piaget's theory of cognitive development as well as learned about certain cognitive processes through the information processing approach (e.g., cognitive control, decision making and critical thinking). Given your knowledge of Piaget's theory and how cognitive processes develop in adolescence: • Do you agree with Piaget's belief that adolescents and adults think and reason the same way? • Why or why not? If yes, in what ways are they similar? If no, in what ways are they different?

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Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory is a very interesting theory about human development process. Piaget refused to accept that mental intelligence is fixed rather he argued that intelligence grows with maturity and age. Piaget, a psychologist, studied the development of intelligence among the children and as they grow or age their intelligence grows with them. For Piaget intelligence of a person is a growing process and gradually grows.