PSYC 181 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meke, Mary Ainsworth, Inductive Reasoning
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Make sure to name the stage, explain the stage, ages of the stage, and two distinguishing cognitive characteristics of that stage. Used to understand and interact with the world. Overall process of how we change to meet changes in environment. Changing existing or creating new schemas for new objects or situations. Out of sight is out of mind. Sees world from only own point of view. Irreversibility = cannot mentally reverse processes: what you see is what you get. Centration = can only focus on one aspect at a time. Not everyone enters this stage at 11 or 12. Can think logically about abstract ideas, generate hypotheses, and think deductively. Ex: object permanence may occur even earlier. Cultural values and experiences affect ages: briefly define attachment and explain the experimental method used to determine the type of attachment an infant has. Name and explain the three main types of attachment styles. Unfamiliar adult enters (w/ or w/o mother)
