PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Irreversible Process, Egocentrism, Deductive Reasoning
6 Aug 2020
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Starts to gain greater control over movements. When a child understands that an object continues to exist once it is out of their presence. If you hide something from an infant, they will actively seek it. Throwing things shows that the kids have control over environment (fun for kids to drop things. An infant can now take it and put in their mind as a symbol. Give a child a set of blocks. Watch the symbolic play that they do. Little children believe that everybody thinks and feels the same way they do. Puts child at a table that has 3 paper mache mountains. Shows pictures from different points of view. Kid can identify the one they see. Say the bear sees the same thing as the child. Child can"t take perspectives of other people or places. Inability to differentiate degrees of wrongness or intent. Accidentally breaking 3 cups as opposed to purposefully.
