PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.2: Cognitive Development, Object Permanence, Longitudinal Study
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Researchers have recommended for infants to watch tv up to 2 years old. increase of language and vocabulary is learned through interaction of parents. Created by piaget the study of changes in memory, thought, and reasoning processes that occur throughout the lifespan. Piaget believed that knowledge accumulates and is modified by two processes: Conservative process, whereby people fit new information into the belief systems they already possesses. E. g. young children may think that all girls have long hair. A creative process whereby people modify their belief structures based on experience. E. g. overtime the young children will learn that all not shorthaired are male and longhaired female by altering their rigid categories. Piaget"s observation revealed that cognitive development passes through 4 stages from birth through early adolescence. Sensorimotor stage: from birth to two year, during which infants" thinking about and exploration of the world are based on immediate sensory (e. g. seeing, feeling) and motor (e. h. grabbing, mouthing) experiences.
