DEP 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Cognitive Theory, Tabula Rasa, Feral Child
13 Jan 2017
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Maturational theory: the idea that our genes determine everything about us. Goslings have to see some sort of biological motion on the first day they"re born. Going to grow up to be like your parents because of your observations (nature) Nothing about how you"re born that determines how you are, it"s learned behavior. Nothing is predetermined- all about experiences and learning. Ideas are not relevant for modern psychology but it"s still important to know the origin. Schemas (everything you know about a given topic) & experience. Equilibration: when you have to completely discard a schema instead of simply modifying it, usually because you"ve accommodated too often. Stages: sensorimotor: -out of sight, out of mind -use senses, pre-operational thought: -imagination about concrete things they"ve experienced. Animism -centration: focus on one thing at a time -modeling: watch what other people do & try it themselves: concrete operational thought: -can conserve quantity & think logically, formal operational thought: master abstract reasoning.
