PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Object Permanence, Habituation, List Of Fallacies
19 May 2016
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Main accomplishment at the end o the stage a. i. 1. De-centering: ability to keep in mind more than one feature or perspective at a time: concrete operational stage b. i. Children can think systematically, keeping multiple features in mind, but only when they are thinking about concrete objects or activities b. iii. Cant yet think about hypothetical situations in a: formal operations systematic fashion c. i. Can think systematically about abstract, hypothetical possibilities c. iii. What factors control how fast an object on a pendulum swings: Length of string (the correct answer) c. iii. 1. a. c. iii. 1. b. Concrete operational child does not systematically vary one factor at a time c. iii. 3. Formal operational child systematically thinks through all possibilities. Varies factors one by one, and then in combination. Infant learns about the environment through its senses and motor activities d. ii. Child can form mental representations of the environment but has a tendency to focus on one attribute at a time d. iii.
