FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: 18 Months, Exact Sequence, Personal Fable

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

-> new experiences incorporated into existing theories (e. g. , dog licking face) ---> e. g. , first encounter with a cat (don"t fit into your existing theory of the dog! cat is not like your old theory, have to create new theories) -> replace old theories with new ones, return to equilibrium. Reasons you do these thing is because you are creating schemes. --> organized ways of making sense of experience. -> move through all 4 stages in exact sequence. ---> could move through stages slower or faster. Think with eyes, ears, and hands and other sensory equipment. -> move from simple reflexes to symbolic processing. 6 sub-stages (ability to think becomes more sophisticated one stage at a time) -> birth to 1 month (sucking, grasping, and looking) Stage 2: primary circular reactions (1 to 4 months) -> accidentally produces a pleasing event and tries to recreate it (sucking your thumb) Stage 3: secondary circular reactions (4 to 8 months)