01:830:271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Object Permanence, Egocentrism, 18 Months
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Know piaget"s 1st two stages and timing. Preoperational preschool and early-elementary-school years (2 to 6 years) Don"t worry about the timing of development within the sensorimotor stage. Preoperational children"s view of the world is egocentric they believe others see the world exactly as they do. Centration is piaget"s term for this narrowly focused thought that characterizes preoperational youngsters. Egocentrism: when asked to select the photograph that shows the mountains as the adult sees them, preschool children often select the photograph that shows how the mountains look to them. Just know there are many different types of conservation don"t need to know the specifics. Use class review questions for most of the remainder of this chapter. See youtube playlist (link in canvas announcement) for example of research on object permanence in young infants. Don"t memorize the rules children use to learn new words so quickly (just that they do appear to use some rules) Know the disadvantages/advantages of bilingualism in childhood.
