PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Peekaboo, Lev Vygotsky, Object Permanence
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At some point, babies realise they can manipulate the environment. This is important because bringing our thoughts into action depends on a responsive environment. Published his first paper at age 10 (about sparrows) The notions of maturation, and the stage like (think prerequisites) nature of cognitive maturation. The importance of operations, schematas, and the processes of assimilation (child fits objects into new categories, based on categorical evidence) versus accommodation (have to make a new category for an object). The senorimotor period cognition at this stage is closely tied to external stimulation, and understanding characteristics of objects classic example is object permanence. Jan 23, 2013 (once things are out of sight = they"re gone forever. Does not realise that mother has not disappeared during a game of peekaboo. ) The preoperational period here the child begins learning how to think logically and how to use symbols especially language.