PSYC 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Active Child, Development Theory, Object Permanence
20 Feb 2018
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February 20: theory explanation of how facts fit together. Child development is a complex and varied process no single theory accounts for all of it. >>different lenses or perspectives: piaget"s theory children as scientists . Constructivist child is constructing (actively seeking out) knowledge for themselves through exploring and experimenting in the world around them. >>accomodation changing one"s view to better match reality. >>hypothesized that children progress through 4 stages of cognitive development, each building on the previous one. Sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years) infants know the world through their senses and through their actions. Has 6 substages birth, organizing separate reflexes, object permanence (objects continue to exist even when they are out of view), A-not-b error (the tendency to reach where objects have been found before rather than where they were last hidden), object purposes, deferred imitation (the repetition of other people"s behavior a substantial time after it occured)
