PSYCH 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cognitive Development, Egocentrism, Frontal Lobe
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Cognitive development: piaget"s thoery of cognitive development, overall: Translating new information to a form that fits into an existing concept. Adapting current knowledge in response to new information and experiences. Balance between assimilation and accommodation to create understanding: stages overview: Formal operations (12 and up: sensorimotor stage. Over this stage, infants increase their ability to hold mental representations as exemplified by their initial lack of understanding of object permanence and their a not b errors and by their later ability to perform deferred intimation. Young infants are reflexive; reflexes are essential tools for learning. Less reflex bound, more interested in world around, body- centered action. Repetition of actions, even more interested in world around, action less body-centered. Lack object permanence, until 8 months" infants don"t understand that objects continue to exist even when out of view. Task difficult: delay and fragility of motor plan. Looking: often self-correct and reach to wrong side while look at correct side.
