CHYS 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jean Piaget, Inter-Rater Reliability, 18 Months
10 Apr 2016
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Cognitive development: cognitive development is the development of thought, generally limited to non-emotional, social, etc. dimensions of thought. Jean piaget: born in 1896 in neuchatel, switzerland. Piaget and his family: rather than looking at children as the origins of human evolution, he instead primarily became interested in the development of children in how we can help them. Structures (schemes: coherent pieces of knowledge, can be experiential or ex. Riding your bike: children are little scientists, they are motivated to try and understand the world around them. Summary of development: new information causes disequilibrium, motivating the child to restore equilibrium by assimilating the information, and then accommodating existing information to fit the new information leading to a new organization of thought within the child. Sequential (must occur in order), required (for functioning at that level), universal (occur in all children) Sensorimotor stage: birth to 2 years, focus is on learning the environment and how to interact with it.
