PSYC3016 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psychology, Jean Piaget, Logical Reasoning
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Where does knowledge come from: how is that we know anything, how does knowledge change with development, how do we use knowledge to understand and reason about our world, how does how we use knowledge change with development. How does the child go from no knowledge at birth, to structured representations: he rejects there are genes for knowledge. Intelligence in action: child interacts with the environment by manipulating objects. Preconceptual 2-4 years: thinking dominated by child becomes more capable of symbolic functioning, language and development occurs. Intuitive 4-7 years: child still unduly influenced by own perception of environment. Concrete operation 7-11 years: logical reasoning can only be applied to objects that are real or can be seen. Individual can think logically about potential events or abstract ideas. Stage independent processes: human experiences are always dynamically changing through equilibration, there is an underlying principle of organisation which is part of the function of intelligence.
