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Title: Explain the ways in which a baby learns about the world during the sensorimotor
Post by: colleen on May 8, 2012
Explain the ways in which a baby learns about the world during the sensorimotor stage.  What are the
major cognitive accomplishments of this stage?


Title: Re: Explain the ways in which a baby learns about the world during the sensorimotor
Post by: ThePsychic on May 10, 2012
The infant learns through concrete actions like looking, touching, putting things in the mouth, sucking, and grasping.
Thinking consists of coordinating sensory information with bodily movements.
A major accomplishment in the sensorimotor stage is the understanding of object permanence.