PSY 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jean Piaget, Mary Ainsworth, Developmental Psychology
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The study of how we change through our life span: conception until death. Embryonic period 2 weeks 2 months. Fetal period 2 months birth. Fetus grows in height/weight to prepare for birth. Fetus can live outside womb at 28 weeks. Secure attachment distressed when caregiver leaves, easily comforted when they"re back. Avoidant attachment not distressed when caregiver leaves, avoids caregiver when they"re back. Ambivalent attachment inconsolably upset, remains this way even after they return. Jean piaget- developmental psychologist who wanted to know how children"s thinking changed as they develop. Piaget proposed that we can change how we think as we form new schemas, or ways of thinking about how the world works. How does children"s thinking change as they grow older: sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years, preoperational stage (2-7 years, concrete operational stage (7-12 years, formal operational stage (12 years +) Logical thinking classification by several features. Abstract thought thinking about consequences, life, etc. Can formulate and test hypotheses through logic.
