Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Egocentrism, Object Permanence, Conceptual System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Nothing exists apart from child"s own perceptions and motor reactions. Look at organization of sensory and motor reactions: (piaget schema, at birth variety of reflexes. Coordination of activities not present until 5 months: (both hands 7 months) Pseudo imitation present: child can imitate, but only if actions just produced. Importance of sensory (visual) feedback e. g. stick out tongue. 18 24: efficient imitation, representational thought. Rules not fully acquired until age 7. Inability to think in abstract rules, e. g. a 4-yr old fails on conservation task. Tend to attend to only one aspect of a stimulus e. g. height, length. Older kids (5 or 6) realize that other aspects may be relevant, but do not really take them into account. 7 year old does: reversible thinking. Egocentrism: inability to take the place of the other . Begin to think logically but understanding still tied to physical world.