BIOLOGY 1A03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operation Kids, Object Permanence, Puzzle Video Game

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOLOGY 1A03
• Professor: Lovaye Kajiura

Document Summary

Piaget is the father of research and development (cognitive) Maturationist : our biology in essence will dictate when certain skills will develop. The above questions were all of piaget"s areas of interest. Believes that child development unfold on their own, but somethings happen cognitively before. Children in a world where everything is new to them, they are continuously trying to understand, so they are constructing their reality but this is limited to what they are able to understand. Piaget believes that intelligence is an adaptive, basic life function. All intellectual activity is directed at adapting (the whole goal of intellectual activity is to put a balance between what we know and what we experience - then we will adapt to the world around us) Kids are active, motivated learners (because everything is new, we are motivated to learn (actively engaged in the environment)) experiencing)