Cognitive Development Since Piaget Flashcards by Ashley MacLeod | Brainscape

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Cognitive Development

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Changes to mental processes that occur with age and atypical development.

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What are the basic arguments of Piaget’s theory?

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Stage theory - Stages represent a different way of looking at the world. Cognitive abilities allow you to graduate from one stage to another as acquire more.
Constrivist - Children construct their understanding of the world through development.
Universal
## Can’t go back to previous ways of thinking, defined order.

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Describe the sensorimotor stage

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Birth - 2yrs

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