L33 Psych 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Epistemology, Cognitive Development, Object Permanence
5 Mar 2019
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Piaget epistemologist extraordinaire : grandiose theory that you wouldn"t see anymore. Piaget (1896-1980) trained as biologist, university of geneva, switzerland. Piaget"s theory: stage theory, qualitative change the changes we see in development are qualitative in nature, not just quantitative. Fundamental assumptions: schemes child as a little scientist ways of organizing our knowledge of the world. Through these stages, as children interact with the world, they develop schemes with ideas of the world. But based on new experiences, sometimes existing schemes cannot be assimilated and accommodated so it throws the system into disequilibrium, and that pushes the child into the next stage of development. As child transitions into next stage of development, system gets reorganized into new schemes. Piaget"s stages of development (some variability in specific stages: sensorimotor (birth-2 years, development in schemes based on sensorimotor function, combine sensorimotor with cognitive functions (they"re equal, substage 1 (birth 1month, physical action = thought. Reflexes are the building blocks of knowledge.
