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Please explain/describe cognitive change and how it occurs in young children (from birth to 5 years).

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Discussion of how children change and develop cognitively from birth to five years, including mention of Piaget and the theories of others as to how this takes place.

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Cognitive change in children occurs as they grow and mature. Children begin reasoning processes very simply and concretely - things they see, hear, touch, smell and taste. They relate these things to objects, in that a blanket feels soft, for instance, and water is that wet stuff. Then, they associate a sound with the object - the sound "water" is that wet stuff - like when Helen Keller finally grasped the concept in the play/film the Miracle Worker. Then, as they grow and mature, ...

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