PSY 101 Lecture 5: lecture 05 & 06: Development
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Differences between people of the same age and the causes of those differences. Some toddlers are easy to get along with, calm, happy, obedient. Some thirty year olds are happy and successful vs. unemployed and unhappy. Theorist who was interested in difference between children of different ages. Jean piaget concerned himself with qualitative changes in children"s cognitive abilities as they get older. 4 relatively distinct stages: sensory motor covers the rst 2 years. Second year language starts, conceptual ability is still limited. No logical operation unable to perform math because it is a reversible mental action. Unable to focus on more than one dimension (juice same amount, one cup taller than the other, but has the same volume more likely to pick the taller one because there"s more ) Egocentric - unable to look at things from an outside perspective or perspective of another person.
