PSYCH 2410 Lecture Notes - Domain Specificity, Spacetime, Joint Attention
Document Summary
Domain specificity: specific mental faculties that respond to environmental input related to a particular domain. Innate cognitive capabilities (general & specialized learning mechanisms: domain specificity: innate knowledge bundled into particular areas, domains only for info that is ubiquitous throughout species evolutionary history and which is adaptive. Informal theories organize information within a domain (na ve physics, na ve psychology) They don"t assume continuity like the adult, but they think the same way and slowly build upon each other. Infants similar to adults in basic and important ways: object knowledge. Informal theories: na ve physics, na ve psychology, na ve biology. When do kids have core-knowledge: some core-knowledge domains are thought to be there at birth, na ve phsyics. According to spelke : even young infants know quite a lot about objects. Principles: development occurs via social interaction, emphasizes use of cultural tools, abacus (chinese calculator, computer.
