PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Animism, Logical Reasoning, Jean Piaget
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Weakness: small sample (3), his own children (convenient sample), he was is own observer, motor behaviour (diagnosing infant. Baby biography makes observations on your child, it serves as a database and make conclusions about human development. Used naturalistic observations children responses in their environment. Scheme/schema knowledge structure that forms as a basis of organizing behaviour. It is simple based on overt activities on objects eg. baby see a toy in hands and put it in the mouth (schema) Or when he drops the bowl, only the yogurt falls. Schemata become internalized first 2 years see shift from actions reflexes to symbolic thought, children learn to mentally symbolize things allows for fantasy play. There is a delay in imitation because the action is held mentally in their brain then is imitated. Logical reasoning = if a > b and b > c, then a >c.
