PSYC112 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Development, Object Permanence, Egocentrism
16 Sep 2013
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Cognitive development = intellectual growth cognitive processes e. g. memory, learning, attention, perception, thought, problem solving. Object permanence: objects do not cease to exist when they are out of sight (different stages at different months) Schema formation: set of rules that defines a behaviour category. Assimilation: new info is changed and modified to fit in with existing schema. Accommodation: existing schema is modified by new experience. Representational thought: ability to form metal representations of others behaviour (towards end of sensorimotor period: preoperational stage. Conservation: height, volume, weight etc remains the same despite changes and arrangement of objects. Egocentrism: child thinks the rest of the world sees things in exactly the same way as they do: concrete operations stage logical analysis. Empathise with thoughts and feelings of others. Cannot be abstract or hypothetical: formal operations stage. Piaget underestimated children"s abilities at various ages. Criticism 1 babies do not start with nothing.
