PSYC 3404 Lecture Notes - Peekaboo, 18 Months
20 Sep 2014
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Multimodal perception: some argue that sensations are intially integrated with one another in the infant, others say that they are integrated over time. Efforts to propel child development may not work in the way you think they will: pay attention to the little gains - focus on their curve. Piaget believed children pass through 4 distinct stages of development in a fixed pattern. 18 months - 2 years: capacity for mental representation. 1. 1. 2. 1. understanding casualty, ability to pretend, deferred imitationsto. Assimilation: use an existing schema to process the world. Accommodation: change an existing schema to process the world. Automatization: the degree to which an activity requires attention. It"s hard to measure the intelligence of an infant. The bailey scale: mental and motor abilities at certain stages: ex: 6 months lifts cup by handle (mental), grasps foot with hands (motor, if a child hasn"t been given the opportunity to practice, assessment must be different.
