PSYCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: 18 Months, Neurogenesis, Depth Perception
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Infants & toddlers (0 2 years) actively think with their senses & their motor skills. Schemes psychological structures that organize one"s experiences. Cognitive change takes place via adaptation and organization. Adaptation process of building schemes through direct interaction with the environment. Organization internal process of rearranging and linking schemes. Substages one & two of sensorimotor intelligence. Primary circular reactions (i. e. , infant"s response to its own body) Substage 2: first acquired adaptations (1 4 months) Substages three & four of sensorimotor intelligence. Secondary circular reactions (i. e. , infant"s responses to objects & people) Substage 4: new adaptations & anticipation (8 - 12 months) Object permanence understanding that objects will continue to exist when out of. Tertiary circular reactions (i. e. , creative exploration & experimentation) Substage 5: new means through active experimentation (12 - 18 months) Substage 6: mental representations (18 months - 2 years) 6 9 months copy actions with objects. 12 14 months imitate rationally by inferring intentions.
