Chapter 8 vocab

5. the tendency of young children not to be able to take the perspective of others, and instead, the child thinks that everyone sees, thinks, and feels just as they do
6. ability to recognize that aspects like quantity remain the same, even when over transformations in appearance.
9. combining of words and phrases to form meaningful sentences
10. the understanding that other people experience mental states that are different from our own and that their mental states guide their behavior.
11. attributing life-like qualities to objects.
13. The process whereby one state is changed into another
14. a teacher or capable peer, a child can learn cognitive skills within a certain range.

1. The primary limitation of thought during the intuitive substage.
2. ability to use a mental symbol, a word, or an object to represent something that is not physically present
3. young child’s difficulty mentally reversing a sequence of events.
4. belief that environmental characteristics can be attributed to human actions or interventions.
7. the use of logical manipulation of information, so children at this stage are considered pre-operational.
8. World experienced through senses and actions
12. Piaget’s second stage of cognitive development.