Psychology / Unit 8 Psych 0879 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage
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The idea
In Piaget's sensorimotor stage, from birth to about age two, infants learn about the world through sensing and acting on it.
In practice
An infant learns the properties of a rattle by shaking, mouthing, and dropping it.
Where people slip
Piaget's ages are approximate and his methods underestimated infants. The stages remain useful as a map.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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