PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Egocentrism, Social Change, Mary Ainsworth
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Piaget"s stages: 2 stages occur during infancy and early childhood, sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, sensorimotor stage (0-2 years) Theory of mind tasks: false belief tasks, change of location task , a. k. a sally-anne task , failed by most 3-year-olds. False belief tasks: unexpected contents task , failed by most 3- and 4-year olds. Criticisms of piaget: piaget underestimated the abilities of infants and young children, development is more continuous than piaget theorized, piaget underestimated how sociocentric infants are. Social development: piaget described the transition from egocentrism to sociocentrism, sociocentrism of humans is one of our most defining features, even from. Infants are more egocentric than older children birth: human children form bonds with their caregivers, called attachment, essential part of healthy human development. Strange situation procedure: four types of attachment, secure attachment. Insecure/avoidant: disorganized/disoriented, an infant"s attachment style predicts many outcomes in adulthood, academic achievement, emotional health, relationship quality, self-esteem.
