SOCI 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Elizabeth Spelke, Connected Space, Tabula Rasa
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Chapter 5 - independent questions: cognitive changes, piaget"s view of the first two years. 1. (a) define object permanence. (b) your textbook states that in a series of studies, many of which involved his own children, piaget discovered that babies acquire an understanding of object permanence gradually during the sensorimotor stage (p. 133). Read the three paragraphs in this subsection and identify the gradual process of object permanence in infancy. Development in the information age: what do babies really learn from watching television? (p. 134: your textbook states: parents often assume that exposing babies to intellectual stimulation via television, especially programs produced specifically for infants, will enhance their cognitive development (harkness, 1998) . Identify the two specific reasons offered to back up this general finding (see the first paragraph). He thought were cognitive problems, could"ve been motor problems. Object permanence (optional reading - not on the midterm2 exam)
