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What is the age range for the sensorimotor stage?
0-2 years
What are the limits of the sensorimotor stage?
Lacks object permanence (understanding that things continue to exist even when not seen, heard, or felt)
What are some abilities of the sensorimotor stage?
Uses senses and motor skills to explore and develop cognitively
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Study Notes
Sensorimotor Stage
- Age range: 0 to 2 years.
- Characterized by lack of object permanence; infants don't understand that objects continue to exist independently of their perception.
- Children explore their environment using their senses and motor skills.
- Common behavior: engaging with food as a means of exploration.
Preoperational Stage
- Age range: 2 to 7 years.
- Limitations include inability to perform operations, relying more on intuitive thought rather than logical reasoning.
- Egocentric thinking is prevalent, making it difficult for children to adopt different perspectives.
- Children exhibit animistic thinking, attributing life-like qualities to inanimate objects.
Conservation
- Principle stating that certain properties (mass, volume, number) remain unchanged despite alterations in the object's form.
Reversibility
- Ability to conceptualize the steps in a process and mentally return to the starting point, indicating advanced cognitive processing.
Concrete Operational Stage
- Age range: 7 to 11 years.
- Children cannot yet think abstractly; their reasoning is tied to tangible objects and real-world scenarios.
- They develop the ability to perform operations on concrete objects and understand conservation concepts.
- Cognitive abilities include reduced egocentrism and logical thinking about concrete situations.
- Notable behavior: questioning beliefs such as the existence of Santa Claus.
Formal Operational Stage
- Age range: 11 years and older.
- Early adulthood can exhibit adolescent egocentrism, leading to personal fables (belief in one's uniqueness) and the imaginary audience (feeling constantly observed by others).
- Key ability: capacity for abstract and hypothetical thinking.
- Example behavior: significant concern about personal physical appearance in adolescence.
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Test your knowledge on the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development as outlined in Psychology Unit 3. This quiz covers key concepts including age range, limitations, and abilities associated with this developmental phase. Perfect for students looking to reinforce their understanding of early childhood psychology.