PSY 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ethology, Critical Period, Sexual Objectification
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Constructivist approach: kids actively create their own understandings of the world. Organization: process by which kids combine existing schemes into new, more complex structures. Adaptation: process of adjusting to demands of environment. Assimilation: interpret new experiences in terms of current cognitive structures (eg. , bear = dog) Accommodation: alter existing schemes to provide a better explanation of events (eg. , bear = bear) Piaget"s stage theory of cognitive development: grand theory emphasized qualitative changes in cognition the way we think changes w/ development. Invariant sequence fixed order, no skipping stages. Learn to coordinate sensory input & motor responses 3 levels of coordination. Primary circular reactions: pleasurable response focused on infant"s body discovered by chance, repeated. Secondary circular reactions: pleasurable response focused on external object. Tertiary circular reactions: devise new methods of acting on objects produce goal-directed behavior. Develop object permanence ability to detect object even if it"s out of perception -
