Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

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It is the idea that objects exist even if they are out of sight.

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Object Permanence

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The stage in Piaget's Theory where a child has the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodological way.

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Formal Operational Stage

Front

It is a stage in Piaget's Theory where a child understand the world by coordinating sensory experiences.

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Sensorimotor Stage

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How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive development theory?

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4

Front

Piaget argued that children develop through adaption - they adjust to the world as they experience new things. True or False?

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True

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Problem solving and ______ are developed during the fourth stage, formal operational.

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reasoning

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During the preoperational stage children are very _________

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egocentric

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Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

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sensorimotor

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An infant who has developed object permanence...

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knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.

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It is the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

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Cognition