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cognitive development
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transitions in yougsters' pattern of thinking, including reasoning, remembering, and problem solving
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object permanence
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develops when a child recognizes that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible
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conservation
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Piaget's term for the awareness that physical quantities remain constant in spite of changes in their shape or appearance
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centration
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the tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting other important aspects
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irreversibility
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the inabiity to envision reversing an action
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egocentrism
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in thinking, characterize by a limited abilityto share anotehr person's viewpoint
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animism
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the belief that all things are living
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preconventional level
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think in terms of external authority, acts are wrong because they are punished, or right because they're rewarded
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conventional level
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see rules as necessary for maintinaing social order
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postconventional level
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working out a personal code of ethics, moral thinking shows some flexibility
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attachment
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the close, emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers
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