DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -Early childhood is sometimes referred to as the preschool years. This is a period of the life span after infancy and before the child begins formal schooling. This is typically from ages 3 to 5 or 2 to 6 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ages 2 through 6 are the early childhood years, or preschool years. Like infants and toddlers, preschoolers grow quickly-both physically and cognitively. A short chubby toddler who can barely talk suddenly becomes a taller, leaner child who talks incessantly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Piaget’s stage that coincides with early childhood is the preoperational stage. According to Piaget, this stage occurs from the age of 2 to 7 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -childhood, period of the human lifespan between infancy and adolescence, extending from ages 1–2 to 12–13. See child development.