L33 Psych 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Habituation, Epistemology, Object Permanence
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4 views of a mountain, and the child has to figure out which view someone else sees from a different perspective than their own. Preoperational- fails to pick other"s view, picks own view. Both preoperational and concrete operational can count how many animals, and can tell you whether or not there are more of one species than other. Preoperational will say dog, concrete operational will say animals. Method: shown pictures of children whose outward appearance conflicted with underlying feelings (per story) Two types of questions: appearance sally looks reality sally really is . Conclusions: preschoolers confuse reality and appearance, consistent with. Language barrier: does the 4 year old know the difference between looks like and really is . Method: randomly assigned standard condition or shrinking room . Conclusion: making it possible for children to view the model only as an object made it easier. Children usually can find terry in the shrunken room version, but rarely in the standard condition.
