PSYC 395 Study Guide - Final Guide: Libido, Constipation, Retina
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In severe cases, symptoms include noticeable facial misproportions. habituation: decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. Piaget"s theory: sensorimotor stage:the stage (from birth to about 2 years) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities. Forms object permanence (infants younger than six months seldom understand that things continue to exist when they are out of sight, but older infants understand it) and stranger anxiety: preoperational: about 2 to 6 years old. Children represent things with words and images; using intuitive rather than logical reasoning. Uses pretend play and egocentrism (the preoperational child"s difficulty taking another"s point of view) : concrete operational: about 7 to 11 years old. Children think logically about concrete events, grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations. Develops skills in conservation (of mass, volume, etc) and mathematical transformations: formal operational: from about 12 to adulthood. Starts to understand abstract reasoning through abstract logic and potential for mature moral reasoning.
