PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psych, Egocentrism
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Realized children made consistent errors, and became interested in these errors instead of the correct answers they gave. Behavioral schema- children are limited to the sensorimotor behavior and what they can understand. Symbolic schema- 2nd year of life, can represent objects mentally and use symbols and represent behavior. Enable the child to think logically and reason about things. Assimilation i. e. child knows a schema for dog; when they see a horse they call it a dog. Indicates a strong biological component- because the environment you cant change the order but can change the age that you go through the stage. Piaget"s well known hiding tasks: means-ends sequences- child is going through certain means to get to an end. Child reaches out, moves cover to retrieve a toy. Foundation for all problem solving: the a-not b error. Probably one of the most researched developmental study.
