Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Object Permanence, Conceptual System, Egocentrism

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

Document Summary

Sensory motor stage: nothing exists apart from child"s own perceptions and motor reaction, no self concept, look at organization of sensory and motor reactions. At birth the baby is a variety of reflexes: at first, schemas operate in isolation, coordination of activities not present until 5 months (both hands 7 month) Importance of sensory (visual) feedback such as sticking out your tongue. Rough acquisition by 11-12 months: 18-24 months. Preoperational stage: conceptual system of higher order schemas, rules of the world not fully acquired until age 7. Inability to think in abstract rules eg. a 4 year old fails on conservation task. If you take the checker pieces in a line, and bunch them up, they will re-arrange them back into a line and tell you that its still the same. Inability to take the place of the other: self is seen as the most important way to see the world. Cannot put themselves in someone else"s shoes.