PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Object Permanence, Developmental Psychology, Dishabituation
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Objects exist outside our interactions with them, objects are solid, objects move continuously, objects obey law of gravity, objects can only influence other objects with contact, objects obey law of inertia. One of the fathers of developmental psychology. Child is an active learner - child"s role in dictating and constructing what the child"s learning. Development tends to be global (domain-general) rather than local (domain-specific) Not a complete empiricist or nativist (but more empiricist) Idea of schemas : a child"s patterns of thoughts, knowledge, interpretations, and behavior when interacting with the environment. Banging a favorite scheme used by babies to explore their world. Assimilation occurs when they incorporate new objects into the scheme. Accommodation occurs when new object doesn"t fit the existing scheme. 1-4 months: organize reflexes into larger behaviors, mostly centered on own body. 4-9 months: begins to be able to interact with objects & people.
