Child Psychology Cognitive Development in Infancy

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four universal stages that Jean Piaget says all children pass through in a fixed order? Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, fixed operational

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fixed operational

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Piaget believed that children begin to understand the world through the use of which of the following? encoding, schemas, acceleration, deferred imitation

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schemas

Front

What does Piaget call the process in which children understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking?

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assimilation

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Piaget believed that knowledge is a direct result of which of the following? sensation and perception, motor development, facts obtained from others, language development

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motor development

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_______________________ takes place when we change our existing ways of thinking, understanding, or behaving in response to encounters with new stimuli or events.

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accommodation

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Piaget asserts that substage 1 of the sensorimotor phase is dominated by which of the following?

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Simple Reflexes

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Which of the following is not one of the six substages of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development? First habits and primary circular reactions, Tertiary circular reactions, Emotional Regulation, Beginnings of thought

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Emotional Regulation

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During this substage of sensorimotor development an infant's inborn reflexes are at the center of a baby's physical and cognitive life.

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Substage 1: Simple Reflexes

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The concept that people and objects exist even when they cannot be seen is referred to as ______________________.

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object permanence

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What is the major achievement of Substage 6: Beginnings of thought?

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the capacity for mental representation or symbolic thought