PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Sensation Seeking, Grey Matter, Endocentric And Exocentric
30 Apr 2012
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No clear cut distinctions (for all stage theories) Hasn"t been updated, never translated to english, never doubted or challenged, didn"t propose any alterations to his theory. Neglects the effect of culture on cognitive development: children in different cultures tend to reach milestones at different time (individualistic vs. collective cultures) The way a child masters certain tasks with levels of complexity depends on their maturity level. The reason they can grasp complex tasks later in life, and not earlier, depends on the concept of m-capacity. M-capacity is the number of mental concepts held in the short-term memory at once: the norm is 7. The higher the cpu of a computer, the faster the computer; the higher the m- Capacity, the more capable people are of completing complex tasks (require maturity) The way that children acquire knowledge and develop cognitively is due to an. It was published in russian, and not translated to english until later on; detriment interaction of factors:
