Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Contract, Jean Piaget, Object Permanence
11 Dec 2015
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Trained as a biologist (expert on mollusks) Worked pt w kids at binet institute (developing new iq test) Became interested in the mistakes kids made on reasoning tasks revealed how cognitive abilities develop. Spent 60 yrs w children and studied then. Sensorimotor stage (0-2 years: infants can"t represent objects in thought (only respond to what they see hear touch what they experience w senses, lack an understanding of object permanence(objects cont" to exist even when they cant be seen) Preoperational stage (2-7 years: use language (representational thought), understanding of concepts is weak(c abstract ideas about what a group of objects have in common) Rely on one property to define concepts (a has 4 b has 4 they must be the same ex. Engage in animistic thinking (if an object moves, it must be alive: thinking tends to be egocentric (perceive world in terms of their. Also assume that effect is cause ex.
