PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Ontogeny, Imaginary Audience, 18 Months
5 Dec 2013
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A basic life function that enables an organism to adapt to its environment. Cognitive equilibrium the state of affairs in which there is a balanced, or harmonious, relation. Constructivists one who gains knowledge by acting or otherwise operating on objects and events to discover their properties: gaining knowledge. Organization tendency to combine and integrate available schemes into coherent systems or bodies of knowledge. Adaptation tendency to adjust to the demands of the environment. Equilibrium assimilation accommodation organization. Piaget"s stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor stage (birth to 2 yrs) Infants rely on behavioural schemes as a means of exploring and understanding their environment. Reflex activity (birth to 1 month) actions confined to exercising innate reflexes, assimilating new objects into schemes, and accommodating reflexes to objects. Primary circular reactions (1 to 4 months) a pleasurable response, centered on their body, that is discovered by chance and performed over and over.
