PSY312H5 Lecture Notes - Object Permanence, Puzzle Video Game, Egocentrism
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Compare and contrast the piagetian theory and the information processing theory of cognitive development. You can use the lecture, book (picking any of the theoretic positions), and any outside resources. (no reading associated with it use lectures, textbook & additional resources) Assignment #1 will be available @ ta office hour noon to 1pm @ cct rm. 4020; if can"t pick up then will transfer to pump room. Piaget founder of this discipline of psychology (is swiss); 1st guy that proposed how children learn to think. Proposed qualitative changes that occur in stages (4 stages) 1st stage = sensorimotor stage which developed very rapidly over the infancy period (1st 18months to 2 years of life) = rapid development of brain (brain doubles in size over infancy) @ birth = disproportionately large head compared to torso (@ birth, head is 50% of body; as adults it"s 5-10%) 1st proposal = we think in schemes (schemes are scripts) ex.
