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An experiment to find out object permanence in babies.
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An experiment to find out object permanence in babies. Introduction Background: Jean Piaget's work on cognitive developmental has affected they way we understand the mind works of a child. He believed that children's thinking is not less sophisticated than that of adults (because they have less knowledge), but that they think in an entirely different way. Piaget split the child cognitive development into four main stages; driven by the interaction of biological maturation with environment: * Sensorimotor stage 0-2 years * Pre-operational stage 2-7 years * Concrete operational stage 7-11 years * Formal operational stage 11 years +. (Jarvis et.al. 2000, Pg. 108) This study will be concentrating on the sensorimotor stage during which the child develops object permanence. During this stage the child goes through far more rapid changes of development than any other stage. There is a development of complex mental operations by combining basic reactive/repetitive action into higher thinking. Due to this the stage had to be...
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