PSYC 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Object Permanence, Information Processing, Task Analysis

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 250
• Professor: Tanya Broesch

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How would they address different problems/questions in development. Theories of cognitive development: piagetian theory, information processing theories, sociocultural theories, dynamic systems theories. Why: an observation grounded in piaget"s theory of development. (subsequent studies show that it"s not lack. Diamond (1985: what would we learn if we varied the amount of time between reaching and hiding, immediate reaching (6mos ok, delay 2 s (7mos ok, delay 4 s (8mos ok, interpret. = memory & obj. Children"s most important constructive processes o o o. Distinct hierarchical stages are the discontinuous aspects of piaget"s theory o. Compared to baillergeon who would argue object permanence is continous development o. Four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational. Adaptation: tendency to respond to the demands of the environment to meet one"s. Organization: tendency to integrate particular observations into coherent knowledge: continuity/discontinuity o. Three processes work together to propel development forward (read explanation of natural kinds)