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Development terms
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- 1AssimilationWhen new knowledge fits with old knowledge and doesn't need a cognitive change.
- 2AccommodationWhen a conflict between existing knowledge and new knowledge results in a change in cognitive structure.
- 3Symbolic ThinkingThe ability to use symbols such as words or pictures to represent objects or people.
- 4Object PermanenceThe knowledge that an object continues to exist when it is not in sight.
- 5Egocentric point of viewThe inability to see things from another persons point of view.
- 6MetacognitionThe ability to understand your own mental activity.
- 7cognitive control processesOrganises and stores information and controls all cognitive activities.
- 8ConservationThe understanding that redistributing an object does not affect its mass volume or quantity.
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