Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Conceptual System, University Of Western Ontario, Egocentrism

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

Document Summary

Piaget"s 4 stages of cognitive development: sensory-motor stage: (0-2yrs) Nothing exists apart from child"s perception and moron reactions. Look at organization of sensory and motor reactions (schemas) At first, schemas operate in isolation (motor operates alone, not making the connection between schemas yet) Moving both hands at the same time around 7months. Pseudoimitation: child can imitate only if it"s immediately after perceiving, not later because they don"t do imitation through memory, that"s why it"s pseudo. Importance of sensory (visual) feedback, e. g. sticking out tongue. O(cid:271)je(cid:272)t pe(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e: (cid:374)o lo(cid:374)ge(cid:396) (cid:862)out of sight, out of (cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:863) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts continue to exist even when you can"t see them: preoperational stage: (2-7yrs) Fail conservational tasks, e. g. putting one amount of liquid from one cup into a. Inability to think in abstract rules, e. g. the next example of conservation different looking cup is still the same amount of liquid. They fail because the attend to only one stimulus at a time (height, volume, etc. )