PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Theoretical Plate, Object Permanence, Cognitive Development
1 Apr 2016
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He believed that all children were young scientists who are actively engaged in their environment. Used case studies for his work: very detailed. Schema: a mental map used to guide behaviour. If you walk into mcdonald"s, you order your food and you sit down. Accommodation: throwing out what was done before and composing a new way to do something. When a schema does not match the environment or incoming information, an individual learns. Piaget never assigned ages to his theoretical stages. You never regress to previous cognitive stages. The entire system changes in a new, qualitative way. Stages cannot be skipped, because each stage builds on another. Infant closes hand when something is put in his or her hand. Sucking on one"s own thumb this is satisfying and worth repetition. Take a rubber duck, squeeze it, and become interested in the squeaking noises that ensue. Combining several schemas to engage in goal directed behaviour.
