6/28/2004
desjardins/honig                                            COGNITION
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Late Sensorimotor Phase
Young Toddler
•12-18 months
•Memory beginning
–Some symbolic (language) abilities are developed at the end of this stage
•Solves problems by trial and error experimentation
•Mobility allows the child to begin developing new intellectual abilities.
•Physically manipulates new object to determine how the new thing works
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