PSY312H1 Lecture 6: Feb 11 Lecture 6 Conceptual Development.docx
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Tom in infancy (birth 2 year of age) Beginning early in development, children attempt to understand what kinds of things there are in the world by dividing the objects they perceives into three general categories. Crucial because different concepts apply to different objects. Compliant: do to comply infants: living things. Theory of mind (tom): children"s understanding of thinking and consciousness. A coherent understanding of people as mental beings, which children revise as they encounter new evidence. A basic understanding of how the mind works and how it influences behaviour. In contrast to piaget"s description of the development of object permanence, a great deal of evidence now indicates that young infants are in fact able to mentally represent and think about the existence of invisible objects and events. They participate in the behaviour to gain something. Internal attributions- because they believe human being shave intention, they will interpret the purpose behind something that they shouldn"t have or unnecessary.
