Development is a big area of psychology that addresses development within humans between conception and death. The fiend of developmental psychology has roots as far back as the late 1800’s and was one of the first major focuses of the field while it was still young.
Development is broken down into four categories:
Physical
Social
Emotional
Cognitive
This assignment will focus on the area of cognitive development.
For this assignment:
Explain the four stages of cognitive development proposed by Jean Piaget
While explaining each of the stages be sure to provide the following details:
Age range of each stage
Characteristics of thought at each stage
Related concepts presented in the book (schemas, assimilation, accommodation, object permanence, conservation, egocentrism, theory of mind)
Assignment Requirements:
Pages: 2
Spacing: double
Margins: 1″
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