Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Conceptual System, Object Permanence, Cognitive Development

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

Observed own children: found that kids don"t think the same way as adults, 4 stages of cognitive development, note: age ranges are approximate and stages are not completely independent, 1) sensory-motor intelligence stage (0-2 years) Nothing exists apart from child own perceptions and motor reactions. Look at organization of sensory and motor reactions (piaget . At birth there are a variety of reflexes. Coordination of activity not present until 5 months (both hands 7 months) Child can imitate, but only if actions just produced. If mom makes a funny face, child will copy. Importance of sensory (visual) feedback: e. g. , stick tongue out, mom sticks out tongue but child will not copy. 18-24 months: efficient imitation, representational thought. Represented by some symbol: object permanence at 24 months. Realize that object is still there even if it goes out of your visual range.