ANT215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Object Permanence, Motor Learning, Learning Object
18 May 2020
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Learning occurs when an environmental stimulus triggers a response or behavior. Children learn language because it is reinforced. Associated terms - reinforcement, extinction, antecedent, punishment, chaining. Without that reinforcement present does the child still learn language. It is not a comprehensive theory it does not explain how an individual produces complex and novel behavior. How children think, reason and problem solve. Motor, play, behavior and language are all linked. Associated terms: schema, assimilation, accommodation, symbolic play, object permanence, object constancy, means-end. 0-2 years - sensorimotor : begins with reflexive and motor learning. 7 to 11 years - concrete operations. Child learns to categorize and organize information; begins to be a logical thinker. 11 to 15 years - formal operations. Learns to be an abstract thinker, tests mental hypotheses implications of constructivist theory. Observe play behaviors to gauge general cognitive ability and level of representational thought. Not every child goes through a nice, neat progression.
