PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes -Almost Surely, Object Permanence, Puzzle Video Game
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Cognition: mental activity through which humans acquire, remember and learn to use knowledge. 2 methods: interviews e. g. present child with problem and explain thinking: observations. Operations: as they grow older, they shift from using overt physical activities to using schemas based on internal mental activities. Adaptation: children continually modify their schemas. Assimilation: applying what they know/existing schemas to new experiences, e. g. looking-grasping-sucking scheme. Accommodation: modifying an existing schema to fit with a new experience, e. g. cannot put large beach ball in mouth, so instead modifies strategy. Sensorimotor stage around 2, form mental representations of objects. During this stage, learn about object permanence -realization that objects continue to exist even when you can"t see them. Birth to 1 month infants become better and using their innate reflexes e. g. sucking in the beginning, a lot of their exploration is based on involuntary reflexes, but during the. Object concept: look only at objects that are directly in front of them.
