PSY 654 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cognitive Development, Object Permanence, Egocentrism
21 Jul 2015
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Four stages model: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor. Cognitive system limited to motor reflexes: preoperational. Acquisition of means fro representing the world symbolically. Use other points of view (perspective other than their own) Transfdormations as well as static situations: formal operational. Reason in terms of theories and abstractions as well as concrete realities. Transform incoming info so that it fits their existing way of thinking. Extreme case is fantasy play: functional assimilation. Tendency to use a mental structure as soon as it becomes available. Reason for engaging in the activity is the sheer delight of mastering new skills: accomodation. Ways in which people adapt their thinking to new experiences. They are never present without each other: equilibration world into a unified whole. Process by which children integrate their many particular pieces of knowledge of the. The stage model (more in-depth than above )
