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Birth
prenatal processes -
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Sensorimotor
"In Piaget's theory, the stage during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities" "Young infants lack object permanence--the awareness that objects continue to exist when not precieved" (Myers 419) -
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Infancy
trust vs. mistrust -
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toddler
autonomy v. shame and doubt -
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Preoperational
"in Piaget's theory, the stage during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic" (Myers 420) -
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early childhood
initiative vs. guilt -
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childhood
industry v. inferiority -
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Concrete operational
"in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive developement during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events" (Myers 422)