PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Helicopter Parent, Parenting Styles, Object Permanence

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: tamararahhal

Document Summary

Development: prenatal dev. (read text; not lectured, newborns. Rooting: touch newborn"s cheek with your finger he/she will turn & start sucking. Blinking: flash lights or wave your hang in your newborn"s eyes he/she will blink. Moro: hold and infant and drop him slightly he/she will reach with his hands & legs (to brace self from falling) Grasping: put your finger in a newborn"s hand he/she will grab it. Basic assumption: children are active thinkers who try to construct more accurate/advanced understanding of the world. How do children construct knowledge: assimilation, accommodation. Ex: child has cat schema 4 legs, furry, small, animal sees squirrel assimilation calls it cat sees lots of squirrels accommodation now schema for squirrels (bushy tails, etc. ) Ex: (life-savers) you have many flavor schemas vanilla, cherry, mud. Taste lifesaver assimilation this flavor is ? . People in australia taste this all the time accommodation.