Psychology 2410A/B Lecture 7: Conceptual Development

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Sandra Hessels

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Conceptual development: exam question: if we know that children categorize events, objects, how can this help support the way(s) we parent/teach children, developing a routine with children (bedtime, before school, etc. ) Co(cid:374)(cid:272)epts are : general ideas or understandings used to objects, events, qualities, or abstractions that are similar in some way, crucial for helping people of the world. Understanding who or what: dividing objects into categories, knowledge of other people and oneself, knowledge of living things. Understanding who or what: dividing objects into categories: young children attempt to divide the objects they perceive in three general categories. Inanimate objects: people, living things, children divide objects into category hierarchies (i. e. , categories related by set-subset relations) Understanding who or what: dividing objects into categories: young children organize their knowledge of things into informal theories, theory of physics, theory of psychology, theory of biology, these informal theories share characteristics with formal scientific theories.