PSYC 2003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Object Permanence, Language Development, Egocentrism
11 Apr 2017
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Schemas: mental representations of what we know and expect about the world. Allows us to what will happen next. Assimilation: the process of taking in new information about objects by using existing schemas on objects that t that schema. Accommodation: the process of modifying schemas when they do not work on new objects. Dog: small four legged animal in hour. Proposed that developmental transitions involved qualitative changes. Infants mental activity con ned to sensory perception and motor skills. Stage ends when infants engages in mental representations. Object permanence: knowledge that objects and people exist even when they can"t see them. During which children begin to understand, create, and use symbols that represent things that are not present. Age 2: children being to play pretend. Can"t tell the difference between reality and imagination. Clouds move slowly because it doesn"t have legs. Anthropomorphizing: giving human characteristics to inanimate objects. Clouds must be sad when it tans because when i cry, i"m sad.
