PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Enculturation, Distributed Cognition, Hard Wired
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Idea of stage: in their stages of development , kids try to intelligently make decisions. Development: empiricist theory (environmentalism; all learning is bottom-up), learning acquire knowledge. Tabula rasa (blank slate), quantity of experiences that set children and adults apart (no difference= democracy), Nativism: you"re born with innate abilities that are hard wired. expressed. Asccociation (triggering each other, symmetrical relationship; a associated with b): similarity- based on the attention given, contiguity- proximity in time and space and time ex. Frequency- how often they are found similar or together. Relevance-depends on the context, similarity isn"t just there, there"s a selection process. Problem: locke couldn"t explain relevance, logical function and structure. Similarity can be infinitely similar and dissimilar, can"t be coming in from the world, your mind has to select shared properties and which it will ignore. Negation: not; thoughts don"t come in unless exposed. Kids"s first word is : no they weren"t taught it. Locke theorizes that development is driven by experiences.
