PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Propositional Calculus, Intentionality, Dishabituation
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When we talk about cognition we are referring to the act of knowing. Falling under cognition: sensation and perception, learning, thinking, remembering and so on: changes that occur in mental skills and abilities over time. Structural functional approach: emphasizes biological and environmental influences that promote development in the structure of ones intelligence, assuming biological and environmental influences, piaget: developmental psychologist. Published first scientific paper at the age of 10. Published 23 papers in zoology, originally a zoologist and developed a strong interest in cognitive development. Came because of work he was doing in paris with benet who was developing an intelligence test who was determining at what age children get the right answers for different word problems. Piaget was interested in the wrong answers children were making. Children at the same ages made the same type of errors. Believed that the nature of the childrens thought processes was fundamentally different.
