PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Visual Acuity, Object Permanence, Lunch Box
18 Apr 2017
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Cognitive model of attachment- even infants interpret their world in terms of concepts so that infants can form concepts and organize their experiences. Infants are visually selective a: have preference for pattern over homogeneity c. d. Ideal stimulus for infants is an alternating pattern of light and dark bars. Qualitative change: reflects the emergence of a wholly new kind of mental activity or structure (discontinuous development) ; ex: metamorphosis. Each letter=distinct set of mental structures and processes. Adaptation: maximize fit with the environment; change the environment so that you get the environment to fit your thought process (assimilation) or change yourself (accommodation) Ex) once the child realizes that santa has reindeer and lives in the north pole, they may no longer assume anyone wearing red with a beard is santa. Test cases: those within the younger category will fail and older kids will pass.
