The sensorimotor stage is the first stage
of the cognitive development. At this stage, children builds an understanding
of their world by using the movement senses to explore the physical actions
they perform (Piaget & Cook, 1952). During this stage, children depend on
their ability to see, touch, feel, suck and other senses to learn things about
themselves and the environment. Therefore, the learning style of the child in
this stage is dominated by accommodative processes (Piaget, 1936).
One of the important finding during the
latter part of the sensorimotor stage is the concept of object permanence
(Piaget, 1936). Children are not aware of the fact that an object continues to
exist even when it is not in view in the beginning of the sensorimotor stage.
However, older infants search for the object when it is covered, realizing that
the object continues to exist.
Play the video below to watch an
experiment about object permanence conducted on some infants.
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