PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: 18 Months, Tantrum, Object Permanence
5 Nov 2013
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Talked about 6 subbstages (birth to age 2); looking at creation of mental thinking of babies. Substage 1: think with their bodies (reflexs; practice what they were born with and hone these skills) because that"s what they"ve got to start with. Substage 2&3: body and object centered reflex use: you happen upon an action by accident but you repeat it because you find it pleasureable (eg: sucking your thumb, squeeze a rubber ducky etc. ) 6 they can think and figure out what will happen before they do it, all in their head. Picture representation of primary, secondary and teritiary reactions (copy) Capstone accomplishment: beginnings of symbolic thought (schemes, mental representations etc. ) Skills that reflect this accomplishment: deferred imitation. Piaget felt that you couldn"t imitate till substage 4 (8-12 months) and he said even then you"re not good at it but this is probably more motor development over cognitive development (but piaget didn"t know about it then)
