Psychology 2040A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Object Permanence, Cerebral Cortex, Irreversible Process

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Alexandra Twyman

Document Summary

Cogniion = inner processes and products of the mind that lead to knowing . Children move from simpler to complex cogniive skills, but their immature capaciies does not equate to incomplete, less efecive adult versions ( focusing on a limited amount of info might be adapive => protecion from oversimulaing their brain) Irst to suggest readiness to learn , early introducion of higher levels of educaion to children may undermine their progress (overly complex simulaion that may confuse/overwhelm them) Children acively build and reine their psych. structures (organized ways of making sense of their experience to allow for efecive adaptaion to the environment) Do not start out as cogniive beings. Construct their knowledge about the world thru their own interacion => construcive approach to cogniive development. Four stages: sensorimotor, preoperaional, concrete operaional and formal operaional. Schemes = speciic psych. structures, or organized way of making sense of experience, changes with age.