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Object Permanence - Was Piaget's theories accurate?
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Object Permanence: Was Piaget's theories accurate? Sophia Jetpuri October 15, 2003 Psych 3363- Cog Dev Mon-Wed 11-12:15 Introduction Jean Piaget's theory of human cognitive development involves a succession of stages through which children progress from birth to adolescence. As humans move from one stage to another, the way they understand the world alters as well, mental representation stages including: reflexes, primary circular reactions, secondary circular reactions, coordination of secondary schemas, tertiary circular reactions, and mental representation insight. One vital component applying to each of these sub-stages of the sensorimotor development period is the concept of object permanence. Object permanence, the realization that objects and people exist even when they cant be seen, must be conquered before a person can progress into the next period. This basic concept comes into play for the purpose of this study, in effort to determine the stage of development of a infant chosen at random, and if the stage correlates properly with...
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