Piaget

Piaget's theory of cognitive development includes __________ stages.

four

The first stage of Piaget's cognitive development is called __________.

Sensorimotor

In the sensorimotor stage, children develop __________, the understanding that objects still exist even when they cannot be seen.

object permanence

In the pre-operational stage, children exhibit __________ thinking, where a stick can be perceived as a sword.

symbolic

__________ refers to the tendency to only focus on one quality of an object at a time, such as only seeing a duck as a bird.

Centration

Children in the concrete operational stage understand concepts of __________, where certain properties remain the same even when appearance changes.

conservation

The ability to change or create new schemas based on new information is known as __________.

accommodation

The stage of cognitive development characterized by abstract thinking is called __________.

formal operational

__________ is the belief that inanimate objects have a consciousness, an achievement seen in the pre-operational stage.

Animism

Goal-directed behaviour is defined as performing and successfully completing a __________ of actions with a particular purpose.

sequence