Little Sigmund is little. You see little Sigmund playing with toys, immersed in his sensations and his actions, and happily watching his mother show sock puppets. Sigmund’s mother then moves the sock puppets behind a curtain. Seemingly unbothered by the disappearance of the sock puppets, Sigmund simply goes on playing with his toys loses interest and starts sucking his thumb. When his mother takes the sock puppets out from behind the curtain, he lights up, regains interest, and starts laughing again. Which of the following operations has Sigmund developed? Conservation Object permanence Ego-centric perspectivity None of the above

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Little Sigmund is little. You see little Sigmund playing with toys, immersed in his sensations and his actions, and happily watching his mother show sock puppets. Sigmund’s mother then moves the sock puppets behind a curtain. Seemingly unbothered by the disappearance of the sock puppets, Sigmund simply goes on playing with his toys loses interest and starts sucking his thumb. When his mother takes the sock puppets out from behind the curtain, he lights up, regains interest, and starts laughing again.

Which of the following operations has Sigmund developed?

  1. Conservation
  2. Object permanence
  3. Ego-centric perspectivity
  4. None of the above
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Cognitive development

Cognitive development refers to how one thinks, explores, and figures out things from childhood. The cognitive development in children is theorized into 4 stages by Jean Piaget. Jean Piaget, in his theory of cognitive development, states how a child learns problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

This theory consists of 4 stages-

  1. Sensorimotor stage
  2. Pre-operational stage
  3. Concrete operational stage
  4. Formal operational stage
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