PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cognitive Development, Primitive Reflexes, Billiard Ball

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Mathieu Le Corre

Document Summary

Readings for midterm 1: follow the syllabus except chapter 4, section 4. 1, section 4. 2 up to but not including core-knowledge theories (don"t need to read the core- knowledge theories section tested on midterm 2) Objects behaviour is entirely determined by external forces acting on it. Despite change in appearance, we know that amount of playdough is conserved (even if one looks like there is more than the other: part of our mind that can tell us if appearances are real or not, ex. Logic & symbols: our actions and thoughts are not determined by physical effects of objects on our senses. Things don"t need to exist and you can think about it. Fiction books talk about things that are not around but in a way they make sense (if , then) Adults: intentional thought: we have goals, and choose and implement best course of action to accomplish our goals, we act intentionally, our choice of actions is mediated by symbols.