PSY100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Deductive Reasoning

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Dan Dolderman

Document Summary

Developmental psychology the study of changes in physiology, cognition, and social behaviour over the lifespan. Sensorimotor stage the first stage in piaget"s theory of cognitive development, during which infants acquire information about the world through their senses and respond reflexively. Object permanence the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it cannot be seen. Preoperational stage the second stage in piaget"s theory of cognitive development, during which children think symbolically about objects, but reason is based on appearance rather than logic. Concrete operational stage the third stage in piaget"s theory of cognitive development, during which children begin to think about and understand operations in ways that are reversible. Formal operational stage the final stage in piaget"s theory of cognitive development which involves the ability to think abstractly and to formulate and test hypotheses through deductive logic. Critical periods biologically determined time periods for the development of specific skills.