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Critique of Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage: Early Object Understanding

Contrary to Piaget's theory that object understanding develops slowly through physical interaction, modern research suggests this cognitive skill emerges much earlier. Developmental psychologists have found that infants can comprehend objects and their properties long before having direct experience, indicating an innate understanding that challenges Piaget's proposed timeline for the sensorimotor stage.

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