PSY100H1 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 notes.docx
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Language is the most flexible means of symbolic representation. A tremendous increase in symbolic (representational) thought. Before a child has mastered operational thinking (when they can imagine things in their mind) Irreversibility unable to reverse operations in their minds. Able to master some mental operations as long as things are pretty concrete. Operations = mental actions that obey logical rules. Child becomes more flexible and logical in their thinking, no longer having difficulty with. Transitivity = using logical rules understanding conservation and hierarchical categorization. The child is now able to take other people"s point of view and of empathizing with them. Children become capable of abstract reasoning and can make logical inferences even in abstract contexts. They begin to understand that their behavior can have different consequences in different contexts. Schemas what you know that is relevant to the situation you"re trying to solve. Assimilation refers to the modification of new information to make it fit into an existing schema.
