Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Habituation, Solidity, Approximate Number System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Lot of his ideas are out of date but his theory motivated the whole field. Each stage represents thinking that is qualitatively different ways of thinking. Stages occur in invariant order; no skipping because each stage builds on the previous one. Each stage acts in domain-general way; same approach to all problems. You think only in the way that stage implores. They learn from the bottom up, acquire knowledge from active exploration. We do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e p(cid:396)e(cid:449)i(cid:396)ed (cid:449)ith a(cid:374)(cid:455) spe(cid:272)ial lea(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:272)ha(cid:374)is(cid:373)s. Schemes a childs knowledge, representations and ways of interacting with the world. Ability to form mental representations of objects and events and have them and be able to work on them. Modify reflexes into motor schemes focus primarly on body repeat if pleasureable. Apply new motor schemes to external objects. When object disappears from sight it ceases to exist limitation: object does not exist separate from action.