Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jean Piaget, Animism, Object Permanence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Cognitive, moral & psychosocial development (not in txtbk) Part 1: cognitive development - by jean piaget. Background: trained as biologist (expert on mollusks); worked part-time with kids at. Didn"t get paid for papers on mollusks so worked part-time. Kid"s mistakes on reasoning tasks revealed how cognitive abilities develop. Spent the next 60 years interacting with children & developed a general cognitive theory. Four stages: sensorimotor stage (0 - 2 years) Infants can"t represent objects in thought (can only respond to what they see, hear, touch what they experience with their senses) Lack an understanding of object permanence (object continue to exist even when they can"t be seen). Eg1: 8 month old baby cover up the toy, the child thinks the toy is no longer there and doesn"t reach for the toy. Eg2: cover your face & then uncover it child finds it to be amazing, where did the face come from: preoperational stage (2 7 years)