PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jean Piaget, Animism, Object Permanence
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Many studies suggest that children don"t learn words from watching tv. American society of pediatricians advice no screen time for children under 2. Baby mozart has been sued for making false claims about the educational nature of their videos. Deloache et al. , 2010: tested 12-18 month olds who watched baby einstein several times a week at home, main finding: no more learning than the controls, best learning in children who simply played with adults. Cognition- the mental activities through which human beings acquire knowledge combination of mental processes: perception, attention, learning memory and reasoning. There were certain questions from a certain age that children got wrong, and they got it wrong in the same way. First love was biology, but became fascinated w/ branch of philosophy known as epistemology. Worked with alfred binet in france on development of standardized iq tests. Career was launched thanks to his keen power of observation.
