PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.2: Lev Vygotsky, Harry Harlow, Scientific Literacy
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Module 10. 2: infancy and childhood- cognitive and emotional development. Cognitive development: study of changes in memory, thought and reasoning processes that occur throughout the lifespan. Piaget focused on cognitive development from infancy through early adolescence and was interested in explaining how different ways of thinking and reasoning develop. Knowledge accumulates and is modified by two processes: assimilation: conservative process whereby people fit new information into the belief systems that they already possess . Cognitive development passes through four distinct stages from birth through early adolescence. Cognitive experience is based on direct, sensory experience with the world as well as motor movements that allow infants to interact with the world. Object permanence is the significant developmental milestone of this stage. Thinking moves beyond the immediate appearance of objects. The child understands physical conservation and that symbols, language and drawings can be used to represent data. Ability to perform mental transformations on objects that are physically present emerges.
