PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Object Permanence, Egocentrism, Metacognition
7 Feb 2020
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Jean piaget"s theory: children actively construct their cognitive world, little scientists , learn on their own, are intrinsically motivated to learn, they want to do it themselves, they do so using, schemas, concepts of frameworks that organize information, assimilation. Incorporate new info into existing schemas: accommodation, adjust schemas to fit new information. Piaget"s state theory: stage theorists, propose that development occurs in a progression of age-related, qualitative shifts. States of cognitive development (piaget: sensorimotor, birth to 2, exploring the world through senses and actions, object permanence. Imaginary audience: the belief that others are preoccupied with the adolescent as he or she is, personal fable. I"m unique, i"m invincible: leads to risky behaviors, properties of stages, qualitative change, brief transitions. Information processing theory: computer metaphor, focus on, attention. Joint attention, gaze following: memory, fuzzy trace, autobiographical memory and infantile amnesia, strategies. Involves metacognition: thinking about remembering, problem solving.
