PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Operant Conditioning, Introjection, Cognitive Development
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Cognitive experience based on direct, sensory experience with the world as well as motor movements that allow infants to interact with the world. is the significant developmental milestone of this age. Thinking moves beyond the immediate appearance of objects. The child understands physical conservation and that symbols, language, and drawings can be used to represent ideas. The ability to perform mental transformations on objects that are physically present emerges. The capacity for abstract and hypothetical thinking develops. Abstract logical operations: cognitive development: study of changes in memory, thought, and reasoning processes that occur throughout the lifespan, knowledge accumulates and is modified by two processes: Assimilation: a conservative process, whereby people fit new information into the belief systems they already possess. Accommodation: a creative process whereby people modify their belief structures based on experience: the sensorimotor stage: living in the material world.
