Psychology 2040A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tabula Rasa, Object Permanence, Genetic Epistemology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Trained in biology and espethology? (philosophy branch) where does knowledge of world come from. Studied intellectual development of children can see mind developing gradually he tried to see how the brain made sense of things. Performance of tasks to analyze ability at different stages/ages. Genetic epistemology genetic development of knowledge he created this. Qualitively distict stages from immaturity to maturity. His work contributed to way we educate childfen and think about cognitive development. Lecture outline: o(cid:448)er(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of piaget"s theor(cid:455, stages of development. In between stage never land stage lots of errors in logic thinking lacks operations. Piaget interaction of these 2 factors that leads to developmental change. (cid:272)he(cid:373)es i(cid:374)(cid:271)or(cid:374), (cid:271)ut i(cid:374) applying these schemes to investigate the world, infants and children construct new ideas. * nature is i(cid:374) (cid:271)or(cid:374), (cid:271)ut it does(cid:374)"t tea(cid:272)h (cid:455)ou e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g. nature gi(cid:448)es (cid:455)ou (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) skills i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the outside world helps learning diversify. He is a constructivist (not nativist or empiricist. )