PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes -Object Permanence, Zoology, Intelligence Quotient
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Structural functional approach: emphasize on the biological functions. Not just how much is changing but the organization of our thinking how does it change. Information process: focus on ind cognitive dev, such as changes of perception and memory. Benet was responsible for iq test, and piaget worked in his lab. Administer precisely worded questions to children to determine at which age children got the right answers. Piaget developed a strong inference of the nature of the wrong answers that children made. At the same age children made similar types of errors, but were diff than children errors at diff ages. Piaget adapted a common method, where it was a question answer technique. For piaget intelligence is a bacis life force that helps the person adapt to environment. It"s a balance that the organism is trying to achieve. Children were active explorers and constantly challenged by novel stimuli that they don"t understand.
