Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Object Permanence, Egocentrism, Remedial Education

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

Piaget"s stage theory states that everyone passes through 4 stages which are often guided by age: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations. Individuals can take different durations of time to advance to the next stages. Individuals can show the characteristics of different stages in specific situations and scenarios while not showing these characteristics in other situations. These stages represent gaining new abilities based on development, not a representation of skills or refining of skills that a child has. Development of these stages is orderly and cognitive development is active. Unable to understand object permanence (knowing objects exist even. Sensorimotor stage (birth 2 years) though you cannot see them) understand object permanence closer to the. Semiotic function (the use of symbols; eg. using stuffed animals for guests, end of this stage when playing) Egocentric thought (seeing the world only from their viewpoint and assume that everyone experiences the world in the same way that they do.