PSYC 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Folk Psychology, Theory-Theory, Social Cognition
13 Mar 2018
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Symbol something that someone intends to represent something other than itself. Much of our knowledge is acquired via symbolic media. >>language is the first example, but by early childhood there are many others. >>how and when are children able to understand the dual nature of symbols: action as an organizer of perception. >>the onset of walking affects the way babies understand their perceptual world. Understanding and compensating for changes in spatial orientations. >>scale errors in 12-24 month olds: external symbols can be confusing. In each case, children are carried away by the symbol compelled to act on it as if it were the object itself. >>ex: a photo representation of a bottle may compel a baby to put its mouth to the photo as if it were a real bottle. >>scale errors in 12-24 month olds: symbols require dual representation. A model is both an object itself and a representation of another set of objects.
