PSYC 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Almost Surely, Object Permanence, Copernican Revolution
6 Dec 2017
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Liquid, weight,water, numbers: formal operational, theory of equilibration (important) applies to knowledge development is continuous. 4 factors in development: maturation, this is crucial and necessary but not sufficient, experience, physical- knowledge or knowledge about properties. You have expectations and it doesn"t happen: piaget"s theory of knowledge is constructivism it is not innate and out in the world but is constructed. If they get excited it shows that they have noticed the difference: examples// assess object permanence draw bridge. Infants saw screen going back & forth and they were bored. Possible event was back and forth hitting against a block, the impossible event is when the screen goes flat. If the child looks longer- means surprised: hypothesis: if infants have object concept they will be surprised and look longer- ||results, bogartz. Piaget questions- how to get to sensory knowledge to scientific thinking? reasoning based on form; separate form from content; relations among statements.
