PSY 2105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.2: Lev Vygotsky, Bandura, Animism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Brenda Baird

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Introduction: developmental psychologists align themselves with speci c theoretical approaches. Key view: believe that cognitive abilities are fundamental and that they guide children"s behaviour. Key to understanding changes across development then lies in understanding what children know and how this knowledge is organized. Piaget"s theory: piaget was a biologist with strong interests in how children acquire knowledge. The nature of children"s knowledge changes as they develop. Changes in structures (cognitive development) are guided by two functions; Organization: new knowledge must be merged with old knowledge. Adaptation: the survival of an organism depends on its ability to t with the environment: cognitive adaptation is promoted by. Assimilation: making sense of new information using existing schemes (poodle and yorkie) Piaget"s 4 stages of development: sensorimotor period: birth through age 2. Infant schemes are simple re exes and knowledge re ects interactions with people and objects: preoperational period: age 2 to 6.