PSY 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 18 Months, Object Permanence, Psy

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 153
• Professor: Donna Lutz

Document Summary

Orderly, integrated set of statements that describes explains and predicts behavior. Based on data and research that"s collected from hypothesis research. Theory (concisely explains a phenomenon) is not a hypothesis (educated guess, not enough evidence) Development of how babies and children think and make sense of the world. Unified (giant, more broad) theory of child development (other theories are more specific) Emphasized that development is the interaction between nature and nurture. Believed that children actually constructed their knowledge in the world constructive approach. His theory is discontinuous 4 stages. Invariant (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t skip a stage, e(cid:448)er(cid:455) kid goes through the sa(cid:373)e stages i(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e order. Universal categorize kids everywhere no matter the culture. Babies have simple abilities (e. g. reflexes) that build and refine psychological structures called schemes. They are organized ways to make sense of experience and help infants to adapt more rapidly to the environment.