Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Visual Acuity, Binocular Vision, Depth Perception

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Cognitive development: development= change in abilities over time. Influenced by nature (maturation) and nurture (learning: nature determines range and nature chooses the point within range, theory #1: stage-like development, discontinuous stages separated by rapid growth -> qualitative, ex. Caterpillar turning into butterfly: theory #2: continuous development, smooth, continual change -> quantitative, ex. Small fish getting larger as they grow: normative vs. Individual development viewpoint: normative= look for typical sequence of change, consistency, cross-sectional look at averages of different ages, longitudinal follow one age group and follow through time. Individual= look at individual: 100-200 billion neurons at birth, neurons not made after second trimester. Stick out tongue: acquisition by 11-12 months, preoperational (2-7 years, higher-order schemas, fail on conservation task -> lack of abstract thinking, concrete operations (7-11 years, 3-mountain problem, consider only one dimension, ex. If you use broccoli, even the 3 year-old identifies correctly definite: sociocultural approach -> zone of proximal development (get help)