PSY 2105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Object Permanence, Egocentrism
31 Oct 2016
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Rn chapter 8: cognitive development: piagetian and vygotskian approaches. Cognition: higher-order mental processes, such as reasoning and problem solving through which humans attempt to understand the world. For piaget, essence of intelligence does not lie individually learned responses or isolated memories; the essence lies instead in the underlying organization. This organization takes the form of the various cognitive structures that the developing child constructs. Cognitive structures are ways to organize information and to understand and remember it more effectively. Assimilation: we fit in or interpret in terms of what we already understand. Accommodation: we continually accommodate our cognitive structures to fit with the environment--alter our understanding to take new things into account. Through accommodation and assimilation, cognitive development occurs. Development -- intelligence changes as the develops. As children develop they construct different structures. Four general stages of development in piagetian theory. Infants understand world through overt actions performed on it. Decentering occurs and the infant comes to.
