PSYC 4010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Active Child, Connectionism, Language Development

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4010
• Professor: Tifrah Warner

Document Summary

Child is biological (biological being mostly parts) emphasis on brain or genes. Path of change not clearly described; universal. Principle of change adaptation, natural selection, heritability, evolution, instincts, epigenetics, evolution. Cognitive being lower on the list active child. All aspects of the human being are equal. Role of environment for all approaches for all are secondary, some are primary. Source drive to survive (biological motivation); desire to know (curiosity); survival drive. Path of change form syncreatic to the discrete; moving from a state of rigidity to greater flexibility, qualitative, stages: hierarchical integration, greater differentiation. Principle of change hierarchical integration (syncresis to discrete); primitive to stable. Role of environment secondary (active child and passive environment); interacting parts (principles of moving forward) Path of change form stages, universal, qualitative. Principle of change equilibrium; learning = assimilation, developing: accommodation; disequilibrium reorganize to equilibrium. Role of environment secondary (active child; passive environment) Dealing with external behaviours; some physical and some social behaviours.