6/28/2004
desjardins/honig                                            COGNITION
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Early Sensorimotor Phase
Infancy
•Birth to 24 months
•Progress from reflexes to simple repetitive acts to intentional and imitative behavior
•Learns through motor activity without the use of symbols.
•Knowledge of the world is limited (but developing) because its based on physical interactions / experiences
•Hand -mouth and ear-eye
•Recognize new experiences and repeat pleasurable ones
•Grasping, reaching, listening
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