Educational Psychology / Unit 3 EDP 0206 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Continuous or Discontinuous
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The idea
Continuous development changes gradually by small amounts, like growing taller; discontinuous development changes in qualitative jumps, like grasping that hidden objects still exist.
In practice
Height rises smoothly; object permanence appears as a new ability.
Where people slip
A related question asks whether children actively shape their development or passively receive it; Piaget saw them as active.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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