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Cognition

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Object Permanence   Ability to think about objects we can not see or touch. Develops at 9 months  
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The 'A' not 'B' task   Tendency for babies to reach/look to where objects have been rather than where they are hidden (8-12 months old) Not until 1 years old do they look for current location  
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Assimilation   Translation of incoming information into a previously understood form (Ex: Sucking Reflex)  
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Accommodation   Babies gradually stop assimilation and accommodate new experiences by adjusting their behavior  
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Equilibration   A mechanism that Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next. A balance of accommodation and assimilation  
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Solidity   Idea that one object can't pass through another object  
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Main finding on solidity   Babies understand violations of solidity (Ex. Magic tricks with dolls)  
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Understanding arithmetic   Babies understand the basic addition of objects (Example: Dolls put behind a screen. One is added to another, but baby is only shown one later on. Baby understands this doesn't make sense through looking cues)  
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Ordinal Relationships   Babies will crawl to the cup that appears to have more crackers , even when they are tricked to believe so. Large quantities is a control  
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Counting   By age 3, most babies know how to count to 10, but do not understand the difference between these numbers 9 months at a time.  
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Implicit Numerical understanding   Represents precise numbers of smaller objects and approximate sense of larger objects  
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Explicit Numerical understanding   Integer list is a cultural construction / language is required to represent precise sets of numbers larger than 3  
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Cross-cultural studies of numbers   Not all cultures have created symbols for numbers (Groups along the amazon river/hunter-gatherer groups)  
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Piaget's Stage Theory   Theory of cognitive development, describes how children develop logical thought in age phases.  
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Core knowledge   Continuous develop shows quantitative change. Experience sophisticates our early expectations.  
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Information processing theories   Focus on the specific mental processes that underlie children thinking  
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