PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Limbic System, Impulsivity, Frontal Lobe

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 150A1
• Professor: Lazarwicz

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4 stages if cognitive development: stage 1: sensorimotor stage (birth to 2 yo) Development of object permanence: stage 2: preoperational stage (2 to 7 yo) Development of theory of mind: stage 3: concrete operational stage (7 to 12 yo) Emergence of reversibility: eg. emergence of reversibility, stage 4: formal operational stage (12 to adulthood) Concrete (actual experience) -> formal (abstract, imagined realities & symbols) (cid:862)(cid:449)hat is(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)(cid:449)hat (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e(cid:863: eg. Not necessarily reality-bound: enjoy hypothetical cognitive challenges. All put third eye on forehead , between 2 natural eyes. Concrete experience: eyes appear around middle of face. Enjoyment of assignment: 9 year olds: silly, uninteresting. This is stupid, nobody has three eyes. Enjoyment of assignment: enjoyed assignment, formal operations -> ability and enjoyment of hypothetical, abstract reasoning, the good: Cross-cultural evidence of cognitive development in childhood. Cognition develops through interactions with world: the criticisms. Social preferences from birth: turn toward human voices, gaze longer at face-like patterns.