Developmental Psychology
What developmental psychology means
How thinking and behaviour change across the lifespan.
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Piaget’s stage in which children master conservation (that quantity stays the same despite changes in shape) is the
- concrete operational stage
- sensorimotor stage
- preoperational stage
- formal operational stage
Working: Around ages 7–11, children in the concrete operational stage grasp conservation and logical operations on concrete objects.
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Other Learning, Memory & Development skills in Psychology, at the same point in the course.
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