PSYC 221 Study Guide - Final Guide: Object Permanence, Egocentrism, Perseveration
19 Apr 2017
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Sensorimotor stages: basic reflexes-0-1 months-use reflexes to explore world, accommodation of sucking occurs in the first few weeks, primary circular 1-4 months-build on reflexes and unintentional events, secondary circular 4-8 months-increasingly interested in objects. According to piaget, the egocentric child assumes that other people see, hear, and feel exactly the same as the child does. Formal operations: not until this stage, can children think abstractly and reason hypothetically, use scientific reasoning, ponder deep questions. Section 02: information processing theory: concerned with the specific ways that people think about information. Focuses on: structure of cognitive system (e. g. memory systems, mental activities (e. g. attending, remembering, categorizing, problem solving, planning, reasoning, how change in thinking occur. Information processing theories big ideas: development is continuous, basic learning and memory are there from birth through development, children are active problem solvers, thinking is a process that occurs over time.
