Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cognitive Development, Conceptual System, Object Permanence

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

Document Summary

Jean piaget and cognitive development - published a paper at age of 11. 4 stages of development: sensory-motor intelligence (0-2 years, preoperational (2-7, period of concrete operations (7-11, period of formal operations. Nothing exists apart from the child"s own perceptions and motor reactions. Look at the organization of sensory and motor reaction (piaget schema) Coordination of activities not present until 5 months (both hands 7 months) Child can imitate, but only if actions just produced. Importance of sensory (visual) feedback e. g. stick out tongue. Rough acquisition by 11 - 12 months. Object permanence - through most of the period you can"t show it but by the end, you can. If you show object permanence you move onto the preoperational stage. Rules are not fully acquired until age 7. Inability to think and abstract rules eg, a 4-year-old fails on a conservation task. Take one of the cups to pour it into another cup. You fill up two cups of water.