The film deals with the intellectual development of infants; Piaget’s six stages of sensory-motor activities. According to Piaget, all babies follow the same developmental sequence of activities although not necessarily at the same time. Illustrates the six stages with appropriate commentary using babies from the age of three weeks, to children who can comprehend and are beginning to use speech.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
307898
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Motor ability in children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infant psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Motor ability in children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)