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What is the term for a young infant's awareness that objects continue to exist even when they are not perceived?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage spans which approximate age range?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Piaget, the preoperational stage spans which approximate age range?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Piaget, the concrete operational stage spans which approximate age range?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Piaget, the formal operational stage typically appears between which ages?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the onset of the first menstrual period in girls during puberty called?Read the answer and worked solution →Piaget called the abstract, systematic problem solving of adolescents by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the macrosystem refer to in Bronfenbrenner's model of development?Read the answer and worked solution →By what age does the Babinski reflex typically disappear in the newborn, per Table 3.1?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each age band to its stageRead the answer and worked solution →

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What is the term for a young infant's awareness that objects continue to exist even when they are not perceived?

  1. Object centration
  2. Object constancy
  3. Object permanence
  4. Object animism
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Correct answer: C. Object permanence

1. Piaget observed that a very young infant lives in the present and follows 'out of sight, out of mind'. 2. Hiding a toy in front of the infant causes the infant to react as if the toy no longer exists. 3. Piaget called the missing capacity object permanence. 4. Object permanence emerges gradually around 8 months of age. 5. Hence the missing infant capacity is named object permanence. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 3 "Human Development", p. 47, Cognitive Development in Infancy_

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According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage spans which approximate age range?

  1. Eleven to fifteen years of age
  2. Two to seven years of age
  3. Seven to eleven years of age
  4. Zero to two years of age
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Correct answer: D. Zero to two years of age

1. Table 3.2 lists Piaget's four cognitive stages and their approximate ages. 2. Sensorimotor is shown first with the age range zero to two years. 3. Preoperational follows from two to seven years. 4. Concrete operational runs seven to eleven, formal operational eleven to fifteen. 5. Hence the sensorimotor age range is zero to two years. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 3 "Human Development", p. 48, Table 3.2 Piaget's Stages_

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According to Piaget, the preoperational stage spans which approximate age range?

  1. Two to seven years of age
  2. Zero to two years of age
  3. Seven to eleven years of age
  4. Eleven to fifteen years of age
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Correct answer: A. Two to seven years of age

1. Table 3.2 gives the second stage of cognitive development as preoperational. 2. Its approximate age range is given as two to seven years. 3. In this stage symbolic thought develops and object permanence is established. 4. However the child still cannot coordinate different physical attributes of an object. 5. Hence preoperational covers two to seven years. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 3 "Human Development", p. 48, Table 3.2 Piaget's Stages_

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