PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Trolley Problem, Object Permanence, Peekaboo
14 Mar 2019
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Egocentrism: only view things based on their own point of view rather than others. (assimilation involves using schemas that already have & building on them) Time period of egocentrism -> difficulty taking another"s perspective. Modifying what you do or think to adapt to something new in the environment is known as . Peekaboo is a game that depends on this concept: Object permanence: ability of a child to have a mental representation of an object even if it is not in front of them. Object permanence according to piaget develops at 9 months. Children cannot focus on more than one feature at time during preconventional stage of development -> fail to conserve number/liquid. New research has shown that can develop as early as 3 months. Somewhat tied to when child develops executive control. *researcher who studied fairness/justice & caring first: carol gilligan. Moral dilemma test at each level: heine"s dilemma.
