Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget) Flashcards
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sensorimotor stage
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- first stage of piaget’s stages of dev
- infants learns about world through their senses and gains motor dev
- six substages
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substages of sensorimotor stage (6)
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- Simple Reflexes
- First Habits + Primary Circular Reactions
- Secondary Circular Reactions
- Coordination of Secondary Circular Reactions
- Tertiary Circular Reactions
- Internalization of Schemes
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Simple Reflexes
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- first substage of sensorimotor stage (newborns)
- only have automatic reflexes
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First Habits + Primary Circular Reactions
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- second substage of sensorimotor stage
- some automatic reflexes become voluntary & can turn into habits (ex: sucking for nursing –> sucking thumb)
- infant develops primary circular reactions
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circular reaction
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infant purposely trying to reproduce a pleasurable event that happened by chance
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Secondary Circular Reactions
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- third substage of sensorimotor stage
- secondary circular reactions (focused on outside world) create schemas
- ex: shaking rattle repeatedly
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Coordination of Secondary Circular Reactions
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- fourth substage of sensorimotor stage
- infant’s behavior becomes more coordinated/goal directed
- infant cries if desired results don’t occur
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Tertiary Circular Reactions
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- fifth substage of sensorimotor stage
- infant experiments and tries new things
- ex: throwing rattle to see what happens
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Internalization of Schemes
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- sixth/final substage of sensorimotor stage
- infant can use symbols & think about object without seeing it
- infant develops object permanence
- can occur as early as 4 mos
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primary circular reaction
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circular reaction related only to baby’s own body
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secondary circular reaction
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circular reaction focused on the external world
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tertiary circular reaction
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experimental circular reactions, sometimes including using one thing as tool to use with something else
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object permanence
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knowing an object still exists when can’t see it
