PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Dual Representation, Egocentrism, Discovery Learning
24 Nov 2016
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Psych 211- chapter 9: cognitive development in early childhood notes. Piaget stated that language is our most flexible means of mental representation. We can deal with past, present and future at once and combine concepts in unique ways. Piaget did not regard language as a primary ingredient in childhood cognitive change: believed that sensorimotor activity leads to internal images of experience which children then label as work. Another excellent example of development of representation in early childhood. Piaget believed through pretending, young children practice and strengthen newly acquired representational schemes. What are the 3 important changes that reflect the preschool child"s growing symbolic mastery: play detaches from the real-life conditions associated with it. Early pretend acts usually imitate adults" actions and are not yet flexible. Children under the age of 2 have trouble using an object that already has an obvious symbol of another object. After age 2: children pretend with less realistic toys.
