PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Egocentrism, Centrism, Cognitive Development
19 May 2016
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Studied own kids and other infants and children d. ii. Posed problems for infant or child to solve; in depth interviews. Infant or child is like a scientist or detective a: he or she is constantly testing hypotheses about the physical and social words. Such as sucking, shaking, or banging a toy a. ii. Such as the concept cow , dog , more , less a. iii. Used to make sense of the world: assimilation b. i. Interpreting new information in terms of what you already know (that is, using existing schemas to make sense of new information: accommodation c. i. Modifying what you do or think (that is, modifying schemas) to adapt to something new in the environment. Abilities babies learn about the world through their senses and motor activity a. ii. 1. Examples: looking, touching, listening, sucking, banging, shaking a. iii. Knowing that objects continue to exist when you are not presently acting on them or sensing them a. v.
