The sense of touch is an important player in the development of self concept.
From Piaget we will learn how the development of self concept is an important prerequisite to language.
The sense of touch is an important player in the development of self concept.
It helps to develop an awareness of the body's limits, of which the new born baby is unaware.
It helps us to keep tabs of where we are in space.
We can gage much about our body position from what we feel through our feet on the floor and from our seat and back against a chair.
Knowing where we are in space is paramount to the development of many language concepts (eg. prepositional phrases) and language skills (eg. discriminating "b" from "d" from "q" from "p."
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