Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Information Processing, Oedipus Complex, Adult Development

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

Document Summary

Topics to be covered: critique of piaget, attachment, contact comfort. Martorano (1977: variety of individuals 11-18 years old, 10 different tests of formal thinking, quality improved, but only 2 of 80 performed at formal level on all tasks. Dassen (1972: no formal thinking societies without advanced formal schooling, suggest: experience and language are important. Are there stages of cognitive development: some kids show cognitive development much earlier than others, probably significant differences for kids of different ages. Other approaches: vygotsky"s socio-cultural, social interaction, zone of proximal development, point where they are almost able to solve a problem, they just need a little help to get the problem. Information processing: search strategies: better as you mature, processing speed: much faster when you are maturing, memory. Individual approach: kids process their information cognitively, they are thinking abstractly and interacting with friends (socially)