Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

adolescents, assimilation, changes, childhood, cognitive capabilities, cognitive development, continuous development, early childhood, emotions, infants, Jean Piaget, middle childhood, personalities, psychological development, stages, theory of development

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Childhood is a time of tremendous psychological development. Our personalities, cognitive capabilities, and emotions expand and transform us from infants to adolescents. In some ways we exhibit continuous development, while others are more accurately described as stages. The following pages present some of these significant changes that occur during early and middle childhood.

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