PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: B. F. Skinner, Egocentrism, Combinatorial Principles
3 Feb 2017
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Schemes = according to piaget, mental structures that organize information and regulate behavior: mental categories of related events, objects, or knowledge. Assimilation = according to piaget, taking in information that is compatible with what one already knows. Accommodation = according to piaget, changing existing knowledge based on new knowledge: discovering something needs to be lifted with two hands and that some can"t be lifted at all. Equilibration = according to piaget, the process by which children reorganize their schemes to return to a state of equilibrium when disequilibrium occurs. Sensorimotor period = first of piaget"s four stages of cognitive development which lasts from birth to approximately 2 years. Object permanence = understanding, acquired i infancy, that objects exist independently of oneself. Egocentrism = difficulty seeing the world form another"s point of view; typical of children in the preoperational period: three mountains test. Animism = phenomenon of crediting inanimate objects with life and lifelike properties such as feelings.
