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Object permanence

Object permanence is the understanding that whether an object can be sensed has no effect on whether it continues to exist. This is a fundamental concept studied in the field of developmental psychology, the subfield of psychology that addresses the development of young children's social and mental capacities. There is not yet scientific consensus on…

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Object permanence

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples75
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Object permanence

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related to Stages · 21
Object permanence → A-not-B, Actions, After, Also, At, Babies, Coordination, However, If, In Piaget's, Invention, Novel, Primary, Reflex, Secondary, Tertiary, The, These, They, This
related to In animals · 14
Object permanence → A-not-B, Another, Cats, Dogs, Eurasian, Experiments, For, However, Similarly, The, There, These, They, Various
related to Early research · 12
Object permanence → A-not-B, An, Developmental, However, If, Infants, Jean Piaget, Object, Older, Piaget, Reactions, They
related to Contradicting evidence · 10
Object permanence → Also, Bower, In, Infants, Piaget, Piaget's, Piagetian, The, Then, This
related to Recent studies · 9
Object permanence → Along, Down, However, In, One, Other, Some, They, This
related to In artificial agents · 5
Object permanence → Building, It, Object, Shamsian, The
is a · 1
Object permanence → understanding that whether an object can be sensed has no effect on whether it continues to exist

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Object permanenceis aunderstanding that whether an object can be sensed has no effect on whether it continues to exist0.90text
the carrion crowinstance ofand a few species of birds0.80text
Eurasian jaysinstance ofand a few species of birds0.80text
food-storing magpiesinstance ofand a few species of birds0.80text
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidenceIn0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidencePiagetian0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidenceBower0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidenceThis0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidencePiaget's0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidenceThe0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidenceThen0.60section
Object permanencerelated to Contradicting evidenceAlso0.60section

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