PSYC*1130 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tabula Rasa, Genetic Epistemology, Egocentrism
Document Summary
Piaget studied genetic epistemology which is developmental knowledge. Rather than humans being inborn to knowledgse or born with blank slate, he said that humans were constructivists. Hegel is associated with conflict (dialetic) and rationality. Kant is associated with learning from experience and that we have certain inborn ideas which piaget disagrees with. logical thinking tools. Part of piaget"s holistic theory because one tool for many purposes. Piaget said curiosity and inborn drive to adapt leads to conflict. Intelligence is a function of structures that is the inborn curiosity to want to adapt to environment. Humans construct own knowledge by acting on the environment. Assimilation = new experiences are incorporated into existing knowledge. Organization = simple structures integrated into complex structures. Piaget said that stages had to be invariant and universal. Qualitative shift when reaching a higher stage so structures are more fit for adaption.
