PSYC 3506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chopsticks
22 Jul 2020
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Folk physics: understanding the physical world continued. Also discussed as an aspect of problem solving. Many tools used across cultures: forks, chopsticks, pencils, hammers, etc. Evidence of tool use begins to emerge toward the end of the first year. Out of reach toy (lure-retrieval task), variety of objects nearby. More recent research question: how good are children at making tools? (beck, apperly, chappell, guthrie & cutting, 2011) 3- to 11-year-olds participated in a tool production study. Task: to retrieve a sticker from a cylinder. Results for tool innovation (beck, apperly, chappell, guthrie & cutting, Young children use temporal markers, but often have difficulty with them. Accuracy and precision improves with the development. Increased awareness of the order of the days of the week. Increased understanding of the frequency of events. Recent interest in young children"s understanding of themselves in the future (i. e. , across time) Predicting what one would like when they"re grown up (coffee vs. kool-aid)
