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Cognitive Development |
the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.
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Reflexes |
action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.
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Accommodation |
room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.
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Piaget's Four Stages of Cognitive Development |
children progress through a series of four critical stages of cognitive development. ... The sensorimotor stage, from birth to age 2. The preoperational stage, from age 2 to about age 7. The concrete operational stage, from age 7 to 11.
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Object Permanence |
the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed
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Imaginary Audience |
the belief that a person is under constant, close observation by peers, family, and strangers.
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Psychosocial Development |
eight stages, in which a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood.
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Assimilation |
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
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Egocentrism |
having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things
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Personal Fable |
belief held by many adolescents telling them that they are special and unique, so much so that none of life's difficulties or problems will affect them regardless of their behavior.
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Generativity |
the psychosocial sense refers to the concern for establishing and guiding the next generation and is said to stem from a sense of optimism about humanity.
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