Psychology 2035A/B Lecture : Cognitive, Moral and Psychosocial Development

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Part 1: cognitive development-piaget s theory y he was never trained as a psychologist, he was trained as a biologist, was a productive biologist. He had published over 20 scientific papers by age of 21 about mulloscs. y to get money, took apart time job vinet institude in paris. Part of his job involved administering diff types of reasoning tests to children of diff ages. He became intrigued by types of mistakes they made on these tests. During observations, he developed general theory of cognitive devleopemtn. B/c he broke his arm: cause/effect mixed up, don t understand certain logical rules or logical operations, eg. Conservation: properties of objects are conserved even if you change the shape of object. 1: conservation of liquid, substance, giving a kid playdough and tell them to make it half. Part 2: moral development: kohlberg s theory y moral issue is it right or wrong to assist someone in suicide.