PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thirteenth Floor, Psychophysics, Eardrum
15 Sep 2016
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Structure (schema)- systematic relations between contents (i. e. organization of contents) Assimilation- a form of top- down processing. Assimilation and accommodation are normally balanced (in equilibrium, or internal homeostasis) If your uncertain and uncomfortable it means you are being is equilibrated. You try to assimilate new knowledge, you cant, so you are forced to accommodate- learning. In this stage there is not even a self-schema. Objects are not yet represented e. g. object permanence. Objects are not yet represented e. g. object permanence e. g. deferred imitation young infants can play imitation games. Older children will/can imitate you a day later they remember, meaning they have a mental symbol that they remember. Ie. speak with words (symbols), but their language skills are nevertheless development. Stage 1: crying (after about a month, mothers can often identify what kind of a cry their child is making) Stage 2: cooing (if a baby is happy) Stage 3: babbling (from a year to 14 months).
