PSY312H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substantia Nigra, Inferior Colliculus, Superior Colliculus
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The way of thinking of things, a theoretical perspective is a paradigm. Some are built in, some are learned. Should have reached a certain level of cognitive development by a certain age. Rudimentary language by the age of 2; words are symbols nothing about a bag says that it is a bag. Piaget constructed a number of simple demonstrations: how long they stare at possible tasks versus impossible, information processing theory tasks they stare longer at impossible tasks. The way you process information is modular, input information, work on in consciousness and if it was important enough it was stored in your brain: social development theory. Your computer needs a software, at the very least it needs an operating system. This is analogous to the need for social interaction for development; ex. You can"t have readiness to take on a particular task, way of thinking, until you have matured. Newborns are born with functional hearing but visually they"re blind.
