DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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Concrete Operational Stage
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Sensorimotor Stage
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Preoperational Stage
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Formal Operational Stage
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Piaget’s stages of development, object permanence is the main goal for the sensorimotor stage. However, more recent research shows that babies start to understand object permanence between four and seven months of age.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)
Detailed explanation-3: -The Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget, the Swiss psychologist, suggests that children’s intelligence undergoes changes as they grow. Cognitive development in children is not only related to acquiring knowledge, children need to build or develop a mental model of their surrounding world (Miller, 2011).
Detailed explanation-4: -It extends from birth to approximately 2 years, and is a period of rapid cognitive growth. During this period, infants develop an understanding of the world through coordinating sensory experiences (seeing, hearing) with motor actions (reaching, touching).