PSYC 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Intersubjectivity, Object Permanence
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Unlike information processing theories, sociocultural theories focus on how children use people around them to develop cognitively. Joint attention - children tend to look at the same thing the caregiver is looking at, even though he/she isn"t pointing (sharing gaze) Social scaffolding temporary framework that is put up for support and access to meaning and taken away as needed when child secures control of success with a task. Problem: piaget understated the role of socialization on children"s development. There is a circular relationship between young children"s thoughts and their actions. Development is a complex network of thought and action, not a linear trajectory. Video showing a child trying to find a toy bunny. An experimenter hides an attractive toy under box a within the baby"s reach. The baby searches for the toy, looks under box a, and finds the toy. This activity is usually repeated several times (always with the researcher hiding the toy under box a).
