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Sensorimotor Stage Characteristics
- uses movements and sensations to know world
- uses sucking, grasping, looking, and listening
- object permanence
- realizes they are separate from other beings
- realizes that their actions cause things to happen
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Issues in Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development
An 8-month-old infant discovers that shaking a toy rattle produces a sound. The infant then begins to shake the rattle intentionally and repeatedly, smiling each time the sound is made. This behavior is a classic example of which key development during the first stage of cognitive growth?
An 8-month-old infant is playing with a small toy car. Their parent covers the car with a blanket. The infant, after a moment of surprise, lifts the blanket to retrieve the car. Which cognitive accomplishment, characteristic of this stage of development, is the infant demonstrating?