BEH1041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lev Vygotsky, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Development

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - BEH
• Course: BEH1041
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Lecture 2: piaget: children actively constructing understanding universal stages, vygotsky: influences of socio-cultural context on development of thinking. Assimilation individual deals with a new event by incorporating it into existing structures. Accommodation the individual"s structures change to deal with a new event. Stages of cognitive development: universal stages with an invariant sequence, described in terms of achievements and limitations of thinking, development of intelligences from basic reflexes to simple mental representations, sensori-motor stage (0-2 years) Initial state reflex actions on self and immediate environment. Object permanence : recognition that objects exist apart from one"s actions or observation of the object. Internal manipulation with logical forms: hypothetico-deductive reasoning (e. g. pendulum problem, overestimates the reasoning abilities of adolescent and adults. Mental manipulation of possible combinations: operations on operations thinking about thinking. Important criticisms of piaget"s theory: underestimates young children"s reasoning abilities and (piaget revolutionized research on cognitive development set a direction for theory and.