PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Big Questions, Cognitive Development, Executive Functions

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Kathryn Belicki John Mitterer

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What is the clinical method: name piaget"s 4 stages of cognitive development, explain the distinction between accommodation and assimilation, according to. Piaget: explain what is meant by object permanence, according to piaget, explain what is meant by egocentrism, according to piaget. What is the difference between physical and cognitive egocentrism: explain what is meant by conservation, according to piaget, executive functions are important in terms of controlling our thinking. Describe each one and provide examples: explain how brain development and environmental influences affect the development of executive functions. Connections questions: explain how executive functions are likely to be related to successful performance on false belief tasks like the sally ann task (discussed during the lecture concerning empathy), introduction to developmental psychology. Distinguish between domains of psychology (e. g. , cognitive, social, and health psychology) vs. a developmental approach to studying those domains. Development involves systematic continuities and change in our psychology-related skills.