PSYCH 2AA3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Childhood Amnesia, Metamemory, Concept Map
1 Oct 2013
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Module 6. 1: setting the stage: piaget"s theory: basic principle of piaget"s theory. Children are naturally curious, so they construct their understanding of the world by their own. Assimilation: occurs when new experiences are readily incorporated into a child"s existing theories. Ex) butter flies are bugs with big wings => the second butter fly differed in color but was still a bug with big wings! Accommodation: occurs when a child"s theories are modified based on experience. Ex) kat corrected him, it is in fact a moth! Butter flies are bugs with thinner body and moth are bugs with bigger body. Child as a scientist: when scientists find that a theory contains critical flaws, they must create a new theory that draws upon the older theory but is fundamentally different. According to piaget, theses revolutionary changes i thought occur three times over the life span, at approximately 2, 7, and 11 years of age: four stages of cognitive development.
