Development definitions

• Object permanence is the idea that an object exists even if you can't see it.
• Centration is when a child can only concentrate on one thing in a room.
• Egocentrism is when a child is unable to see the world from others point of view.
• Symbolic play is when a child uses objects to represent other objects.
• Animism is when a child gives an inanimate object thoughts and feelings.
• Irreversibility is being unable to use thought to reverse events.