A PSY 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Deductive Reasoning
13 Jun 2018
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Study Guide for Exam 2
Cognitive Development
• Quantitative vs Qualitative
• Global vs Local change:
o Local change: Particular skills and mental competencies each show their own
unique sets of developmental changes where they develop independently of each
other
o Global Change: General changes that occur in many different areas!
• Foundational vs emergent constraints:
o Foundational (nature) → based on genetics
o Emergent (Nurture) → Due to environmental influences
Preoperational Period (2-7 Yrs. old)
• Unable to think abstractly
• Lack formal mental tools for comparing mental representations
Concrete and formal Operational periods (7-12)
• Concrete Operational Periods: kids at this age become more logical about concrete and
specific things, they still struggle with abstract ideas.
• Formal Operational Periods (12+) : ability to think about abstract concepts. Skills such
as logical thought, deductive reasoning, and systematic planning also emerge during this
stage
Piaget
• Believed built in sensorimotor reflexes transformed into schemes!
• How to test this theory: A not B task and testing opposite hypothesis!
Seriation:
• The development of seriation skills is a step-by-step developmental process.
As children grow and develop, their ability to seriate will also develop. For instance, a
very young child (two years old) may not be able to seriate at all.
• Skill to put things in order
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Document Summary
Cognitive development: quantitative vs qualitative, global vs local change, local change: particular skills and mental competencies each show their own unique sets of developmental changes where they develop independently of each other. Global change: general changes that occur in many different areas: foundational vs emergent constraints, foundational (nature) based on genetics, emergent (nurture) due to environmental influences. Preoperational period (2-7 yrs. old: unable to think abstractly, lack formal mental tools for comparing mental representations. Concrete and formal operational periods (7-12: concrete operational periods: kids at this age become more logical about concrete and specific things, they still struggle with abstract ideas, formal operational periods (12+) : ability to think about abstract concepts. Skills such as logical thought, deductive reasoning, and systematic planning also emerge during this stage. Piaget: believed built in sensorimotor reflexes transformed into schemes, how to test this theory: a not b task and testing opposite hypothesis! Seriation: the development of seriation skills is a step-by-step developmental process.
