ANTH 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jean Piaget, Information Processing, Executive Functions
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A concept, framework, pattern of though or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them (dimaggio 1997). Can be easy to include new ideas, can be difficult. Children construct a series of schemata to understand the world. The process of incorporating new information into existing knowledge. You are synthesizing what you don"t know into what you already know. It is not a synthesis but is a reorganization of knowledge. You have to focus on the contour and size of the object and they generate new mental schema for intelligence. Emerges at approximately 11 to 15 years of age (if at all) Attention: concentration and focusing of mental efforts; attention is selective and shifting. 12 year olds attention is much better than an 8 year olds attention attention span is about 20-50 mins for teens many adults have trouble attending for more than 50 minutes.
