During which period do children typically develop logical thinking, according to Piaget?

Children typically develop logical thinking during the concrete operations period, which spans the ages of approximately 7 to 11 years. During this stage, children begin to think logically about concrete events and understand the concepts of conservation, classification, and seriation.

Logical thinking at this age allows children to perform operations such as organizing objects according to certain characteristics and reversing actions in their minds. They begin to grasp cause-and-effect relationships and can apply logic to physical objects and real-world problems. This ability marks a significant advancement from the earlier preoperational period, where thinking is more intuitive and egocentric.

This logical reasoning becomes more advanced in the following formal operational period, which typically begins around age 12, but it's within the concrete operations stage that the foundational aspects of logical thought are established when children engage with tangible, hands-on experiences.