PSYC 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Metamemory, Metacognition, Cognitive Development
18 Nov 2016
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Psyc 2235 - lecture 8 - cognitive development in early childhood. Piaget"s preoperational stage: the second stage of cognitive development, during which children become proficient in the use of symbols in thinking and communicating but still have difficulty thinking logically. Egocentrism: the young child"s belief that everyone sees and experiences the world the way they do. Centration: the young child"s tendency to think of the world in terms of one variable at a time. Conservation: the understanding that matter can change in appearance without changing in quantity. Theory of mind: a set of ideas constructed by a child or an adult to explain other people"s ideas, beliefs, desires, and behaviour: awareness of mental life. Age 3: mastery of false beliefs. Vygotsky"s sociocultural theory: children be seen as apprentices, primitive stage: infant possesses mental processes similar to those of lower animals, egocentric speech stage: use of language as a guide to solve problems.
