PSYC 402 Lecture 4: Chapter 6
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Formal operations: vygotsky"s view, adult thinking. Piaget"s processes of knowledge construction: organization: grouping of isolated behaviours and thoughts into a higher order system, schemes: actions/mental representations that organize knowledge, assimilation. Incorporate new information into existing schemes: accommodation. Adjust schemes to fit new information and experiences: disequilibrium equilibrium. Overview of sensorimotor development (0-2 yrs. : piaget"s newborn: No mental structures with which to think: things inside our hear that stand for things out there in the world. Use sensory and motor information to learn about the world. Born empty , world is very confusing, nothing makes sense. Nothing inside their head that captures the cup, when not seen -> cup does not exist. Can act in organized way then start to think. How does it happen: schemes: actions or mental representations that organize knowledge. Behavioural schemes: organized ways of acting. Mental schemes: organized ways of thinking. Substage 1 reflex activity (0-1 mos: babies use their reflexes.
