PSY 2301 Study Guide - Soltyrei, Egocentrism, John Bowlby
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Grasp or suck different objects the same way and see that they"re different. Reflexes, responding to the world in different ways: substage 2 (1-4 months) Reactions centered on own body (sucking their thumb: substage 3 (4-5 months) Shaking a rattle until someone comes over to them, to have an affect on the outside environment (also babbling) Means-end behavior: purposeful behavior carried out in pursuit of a specific: substage 4 (8-12 months) goal, substage 5 (12-18 months) New ways of playing with objects (drop things from different heights: substage 6 (18-24 months) Understanding that symbols are separate from objects. Capacity for deferred imitation: the capacity for a child to form a mental image of activities and imitate those actions at another time. Capacity for object permanence: objects continue to exist even when they are not in sight anymore. Beginning of mental representation: challenges to piaget"s work, object permanence.
