HLTC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Decision-Making, Child Prodigy, Unconditional Love
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Outline bronfenbrenner"s ecological approach understanding child development. He thought that children were little thought- sacks . He did research in nature of childhood. Theory of mind- ecocentrism (false belief task- he did x because he believed y) trait description- he did x because he is lazy. 3 years old don"t have the concept. They look at the environment [observe] & make hypothesis. Assimilation: you receive information about the world. Accommodation: your receive information about the world. It does not fit with your pre-existing theory. 1 person"s assimilation can be the other person"s accommodation. Basis of how we organize the world. Schema: it is a mental model of an aspect of the world. It is used in cognitive therapy literature. Automatic thoughts helps to get schemas on believes. Children began to coordinate her body & senses. They own their feet reach out for things. May learn expression but would not understand the concept.
