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Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage

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In Piaget's sensorimotor stage, from birth to about age two, infants learn about the world through sensing and acting on it.

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An infant learns the properties of a rattle by shaking, mouthing, and dropping it.

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Piaget's ages are approximate and his methods underestimated infants. The stages remain useful as a map.