PSY210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Active Child
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Young children organize their knowledge of things in the world into 3 informal theories: theory of physics (inanimate objects, theory of psychology (ppl, theory of biology (other living things) Early categories of objects are based in large part on perceptual similarity, especially similarity in the shapes of the objects perceptual categorization: group together objects that have similar appearances. Casual understanding and categorization: ask endless questions, learn cause-e ect relations (i. e. ; describe something more aggressive will appear more aggressive) Knowledge of other ppl and oneself: naive psychology: commonsensical lvl of understanding of other ppl and oneself. 1. many of them refer to invisible mental states; no one can see a desire/belief etc. 2. many psychological concepts are linked to one another in cause-e ect relations. 3. these concepts develop surpassingly early in life. From infancy onward, children di erentiate ppl form other animals and inanimate objects. i. e. ; infants smile more at ppl than at either rabbits or robots.
