PSYC 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Synaptic Pruning, Neuroplasticity
20 Jan 2017
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Many interacting factors create a regular" outcome, such as a forest has a complex eco system. We cannot say that the forest had genes" that allowed these trees to emerge, but rather many combining factors in the environment allowed and created a condition for the trees to grow. The interactions that the child has creates neural connections and fortifies neural pathways, meaning that the biological basis of the child is changed or altered: how is this like accommodation and assimilation? (piaget) Theory of stages: are forms of thinking; is development, not change", because development is gradual, knowledge is gradual. 4 factors in development: maturation: biological, nature"; is necessary fro growth, but is not sufficient alone for development without interaction. Children are asked to mark where the surface of the water is. Prior to age 9, children mark the surface as being parallel to the bottom of the bag, where the surface was when the bottle was upright: experience (physical)
