PSYC1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Primitive Reflexes, Age 13, Information Processing
23 Aug 2018
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Stages: stage 1 - sensorimotor: experiencing the world through senses and actions (looking, touching, mouthing). Infant"s schemas are simple reflexes (e. g. , sucking, grasping) and interactions with people and objects. Object permanence: the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived. Stranger anxiety: stage 2 - preoperational: representing things with words and images but lacking logical reasoning. Child begins to use mental representations but problem solving is limited. Child can employ mental symbols (e. g. , symbolic/fantasy play, deferred imitation, drawing) > symbolic representation. Play (real or pretend/symbolic e. g. pretending to be a superhero) Centration: the tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation at one time. Children have difficulties thinking about more than one aspect of any situation at the same time. Animism: the belief that inanimate objects have human feelings and intentions. Egocentrism: the inability to take another"s perspective, 3 mountains task. Theory of mind: people"s ideas about their own and others" mental states.
