PSY 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jean Piaget, Developmental Psychology, Object Permanence
13 Sep 2016
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Development: predictable changes associated with increasing age. Developmental psychology: focuses on human development across the lifespan. Maturation: systemic physical growth of the body. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when you can"t see them: preoperational stage (2-7 years, think about absent objects and think symbolically, children can"t perform logical mental functions, uses words and sentences/play with objects. Egocentrism- child is completely self-centered in his/her thinking. Can"t think of things from others" perspectives. Animism- child believes that inanimate objects are alive (imagination) No conservation- ability to recognize that volume remains unchanged even when put into different sizes/shapes. Centration- focus attention on one aspect of a situation: intuitive. Children make choices based on salient features (not logic: perceptually-oriented. Children focus on the perceptual aspect of a task and not the logical aspect: concrete operational stage (7-11 years, form concrete logical thinking, limited abilities to things that flow from everyday experience.
