PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Critical Period, Noam Chomsky, Normal Distribution
12 Apr 2015
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Chapter 6: cognitive development in infancy and toddlerhood. Piaget"s ideas about cognitive change: schemes: in piaget"s theory, a specific psychological structure, or organized way of making sense of experience, that changes with age, 2 processes account for change in schemes: adaption and organization. Adaption: adaption: the process of building schemes through direct interactions with environment. The sensorimotor stage: divided sensorimotor stage into 6 sub-stages: table 6. 1, p. 205, 1. Reflexive schemes (birth 1 month): newborn reflexes: 2. Primary circular reaction (1-4 months): motor habits centered around infant"s own body: 3. Secondary circular reaction (4-8 months): actions aimed at repeating interesting effects in surrounding world; imitation of familiar behaviour: 4. Coordination of secondary circular reaction (8-12 months): intentional or goal- oriented behaviours: 5. Tertiary circular reaction (12-18 months): exploration of properties of objects by acting on them in novel way: 6.
