PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cotton Candy, Personal Fable, Object Permanence
5 Apr 2018
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Piaget observed his own children to develop theory. Have meet 5 cats, meet a new cat- know its a cat based on schema. Accommodation or experiences do not fit into existing schemes. Have meet 5 cats, meet a dog- know its not a cat based on schema, make a new schema for dogs. Organization: group isolated schemes into a higher-order cognitive system. E. g. , group items (apples, grapes) into categories (fruit) Adaptation involves the child"s changing to meet situational demands (broad term for. Assimilation: using existing schemes to understand new information or experience. Accommodation: adjust existing schemes or create new schemes when new information. Change over time qualitative cognitive shift to the next stage of thought. See a new animal- need to know what it is- if not told/unknow is disequilbrium (equilibration) Sensorimotor stage (birth 2 yrs) hearing) with motoric actions (grasping, sucking) Infants construct understanding of world by coordinating sensory experiences (seeing,
