PSY 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Breastfeeding, Deductive Reasoning, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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How to test a neonate, infant, or non-human animal : preference tests, e. x. detecting difference between two images, habituation-dishabituation (e. x. Changes in suckling rates in newborns) a: e. x. presenting same image over and over till they stop looking at it, then show a new one and see if they pay attention to it, visual cliff- depth perception. Cognitive schema: rules about how the world works and how to work within the world. Assimilation : involves encountering new information that fits old rules. A child receiving stuffed animals every time, will respond the same way each time. Accomodation : encounters new information that doesn"t fit old rules, so the old rules. Child receives a new kind of toy, will respond differently and learn new things have to change. Mental representation (including objective permanence ) develops gradually during the first two years of life. Lining up sticks of different lengths from shortest to.
