PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Deductive Reasoning, Crossmodal, Mnemonic
2 Jun 2016
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Schemes/schemas: basic actions of knowing (physical or mental actions) from experience, what to expect in a given situation. Believed proposed that each baby begins life with a small amount of simple sensory or motor schemes, and later develops mental schemas such as categorizing or comparing objects. Organization: the process of deriving generalizable schemes from specific experiences. Figurative schemas: mental representations of the basic properties of objects in the world. Operative schemas: mental representations of the logical connections among objects in the world. Adaptation: the process in which we change our schemas; broken down into 3 sub-processes. Accommodation: changing a schema to fit new experiences. Equilibrium: involves a balancing of assimilation and accommodation; These 3 equilibration points yield the four following stages of development: Sensorimotor stage: when child uses sensorimotor skills to act on environment (birth to age 2) Preoperational stage: second major stage of development (2-6 years); ability to use symbols.
