PSYCH 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lev Vygotsky, Imaginary Audience, Personal Fable

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Cognitive Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 7A
• Professor: V I L L A R R E A L

Document Summary

Cognitive development proceeds in a fixed sequence of stages via self- regulated learning. Each stage has a formative and mature phase. Infant cognition: sensorimotor stage: object permanence, within first year, objects exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched, a-not-b error, decreases after object permanence. Choosing a familiar hiding place (a) rather than a new hiding place (b) Inability to distinguish between someone else"s perspective and your own: animism. Inanimate object have lifelike qualities and are capable of action. Focusing on a single characteristic, while ignoring other characteristics. Changing something"s appearance does not change its basic properties. Classify and divide into different sets or subsets: able to consider interrelationships among objects. Seriation: ordering stimuli along a quantitative dimension, transivity. Logical use of symbols related to abstract concepts: adolescent egocentrism, heightened self-consciousness, think others are as interested in them as they are. Feeling as the center of attention: personal fable. Curriculum and instruction: allow a constructivist approach.