PSYC2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Mental Representation, Object Permanence

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC2010
• Professor: Michele Mercer

Document Summary

Invariant: universal, 4-stage theory of cognitive development, sensorimotor (0-2 years, preoperational (2-7 years, concrete operational (7-11 years, formal operational (11+ years) Build schemes through sensory and motor exploration. I(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e is li(cid:373)ited to o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s o(cid:374) the e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Do not form mental representations: understand only what is physically present. 2 major changes: knowledge progresses from sensorimotor to representational thinking, there is a change in personal perspective, learn to differentiate themselves from the external world, 6 substages. See development of object permanence and imitation. Internal, mental depictions of information (absent object or past event) Allow: make-believe play, deferred imitation, object permanence. Understanding that objects continue to exist when out of sight. K(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge tha(cid:374) a(cid:374) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t e(cid:454)ists outside of o(cid:374)e"s per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) or a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) o(cid:374) those o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts. Substages 1 and 2 (0-4 months)- no object permanence at all (objects are understood as e(cid:454)te(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s of the i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s(cid:895)