Piaget's Stages
Definitions
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First stage

Sensorimotor stage

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Learning in which young animals identify and remember a critical feature in their environment, such as the identity of a parent, during a specific critical period early in life, with this knowledge retained for future use.

Imprinting

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What were the 2 options in the surrogate mother experiment. 

Wood and Wire

Wood and Cloth 

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Second stage

Preoperational stage

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The time during which a given behavior is especially susceptible to, and indeed requires, specific environmental influences to develop normally

Critical Period

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Who was the psychologist that studied the monkeys in the surrogate mother experiment. 

Harry Harlow

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Third stage

Concrete operational stage

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The knowledge of the continued existence of objects even when they are not directly perceived.

Object Permanence

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At what age range does the preoperational stage take place?

2-7

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Fourth stage

Formal operational stage

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A child's inability to understand another person's perspective. 

Egocentric

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This individual was incredibly illustrious for investigating imprinting. 

Konrad Lorenz

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Fifth stage 

There is no fifth stage.

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A conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world. 

Schema

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Define resistant attachment

Something along the lines of 

Child will show both separation anxiety and stranger anxiety when parents leave. 

Child will be ok if the parents come back or are present.

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