PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Operant Conditioning, Lev Vygotsky, Rhesus Macaque
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Module 10. 2 - infancy and childhood: cognitive and emotional. American academy of pediatrics - recommends that children younger than two years do not watch tv at all. Because, memory and language skills are slower to develop in infants who regularly watch tv. Also, dvds (used to entertain and enrich children) - no effect on vocabulary development. Amount of time parents spend reading to their infants > dvds: parents as teachers greater vocabulary comprehension and production. Parents are the (cid:271)est tea(cid:272)her (cid:894)parents ftw! Cognitive development - the study of changes in memory, thought, and reasoning processes that occur throughout the lifespan. Knowledge accumulates and is modified by two processes: assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation - a process by which people fit new information into the belief systems they already have. Ex. young children assuming that all girls have long hair & all boys have short hair. Accommodation - a creative process by which people modify their belief structures based on experience.
