PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Object Permanence, Imaginary Audience, Egocentrism
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In chromosomes, there are strands of proteins with our genes. Genes determine how our cells multiply and grow and determine who you are. By studying specific genes and sequences, we"ve learned a lot about the and how you"re going to develop heritability of different aspects of human behavior. Not a lack of knowledge in children, a lack of ability to see the world the way. Researched development of his own children: laurent, lucienne, and jacqueline. Formed theories about how normal children develop cognitively. Believed children were adapting to their environment through demands. How they come up with rules/learn rules, adapt concept of how the world works. Concept/mental framework that organizes and interprets info in world. Equilibrium: harmony bt. environment and present schema. Disequilibrium: caused when new info contradicts with current schema. Assimilation: interpreting one"s new experience in terms of one"s existing schema. Only works in his way for so long. Accommodation: adapt one"s current schema to incorporate new info.
