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When American teens were asked a series of statements that described them:
-80% said ‘I would choose my life the way it is right now’
-20% ‘I wish I were somebody else’
-28% ‘I often wonder why I exist’
-75% pray, discuss religion with friends, agree that we are spiritual beings and search for meaning and purpose in life.

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-Sensorimotor
+object permanence
-Preoperational
-Concrete operational
-Formal operational

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-In sensorimotor drags babies take in the world through looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping. Children younger than 6 months do not have object permanence, objects that are out of sight are also out of mind

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The process of assimilation involves incorporating new experiences into our current understanding (schema). The process of adjusting a schema and modifying it is called a accommodation.

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-at 5 years old, you have a sense of self and you are consciously aware that you are a human being in the world and separate from others.

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-infancy and childhood span from birth to teenage years. During these years the individual grows physically, cognitively and socially.

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-By adolescence unnecessary fibers prune off

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-25% of all babies walk by 11 months, 50% within a week after their first birthday, and 90% by 15 months.

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Maturation: experiencing an orderly sequence of genetically designed biological growth processes.
Schema: Schemas are mental golds into which we pour our experiences.

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-From ages 3-6, the brains neural network is sprouting most rapidly in the front lobes and enabling rational planning.

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-On the day you were born, you had most of the brain cells you would ever have.

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-At birth, neuron fire counts subside to an average 23 billion.

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-Neuron levels surge at 28 weeks en utero, peaking at 28 billion.