PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Development, Distributed Cognition, Mental Representation
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Lecture 9-mar 19th 2012: pre-operational stage (2-7 years old) Invisible displacement: deferred imitation (imitating someone that isn"t present and is displaced in time and space, ex. Imitate and individual, superman (he"s not there but child is able to do so) Play is important for a child in terms of development of symbolic function. Give massive increase in cognitive power and increasing competence to understand complex processese. This is an indication of qualitative change in an individual, as they are able to communicate guesture and languages to make ideas socially shareable. The allows for networking of the brain, which increases problem solving power and access distributed cognition). As individuals we are pathetic, without working in groups and social groups we a weak. As the vygotskian approach suggest that linking to other minds that are powerful to us. Mental representation such as playing has high social aspect, in terms of interacting.
