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Match the following terms with their definitions
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accommodation

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assimilation

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cephalocaudal pattern

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equilibration

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object permanence

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proximodistal pattern

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sensorimotor stage

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telegraphic speech

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vocabulary spurt

A)A mechanism proposed by Piaget to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next
B)Sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves outward toward the extremities
C)Sequence in which the greatest growth occurs at the top—the head—with physical growth in size and weight and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom
D)Cognitive understanding that objects and events continue to exist, even when they cannot directly be seen, heard, or touched
E)The use of short and precise words without grammatical markers such as articles, auxiliary words, and other connectives
F)Rapid increase in vocabulary that begins at approximately 18 months
G)Cognitive process in which children adjust and adapt their existing schemes to take new information and experiences into account
H)Cognitive process in which children use their existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences
I)The first of Piaget's stages in which infants construct an understanding of the world through sensory experiences and motor actions







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