The Sensorimotor Stage Flashcards
What’s a key feature of this stage?
Object permanence
How was this studied?
Children played with a toy and Piaget recorded what the child did when the toy got hidden
What year was this studied?
1963
What age did the child begin to look for the toy?
From 8 months
What age is OP complete by?
12months
What error can children make between 8 and 12 months?
The A not B error where the toy gets hidden in two places. Markovitch and zelazo 1999
Who has refuting evidence for object permenence?
Bower and wishart 1972
Baillargeon
What age do bower and wishart conclude children will start showing op given the correct task?
3months
What age do children go through this stage?
0-2 years