FRHD 2260 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 18 Months, Language Processing In The Brain, Cultural-Historical Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2260
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

2:1: social groups, prefer their own ethnic group vs. others (language, skin) If raised in multi-racial society, equal interest in all: piaget"s - cognitive development theory, 6 sub stages of sensorimotor development, 1. Reflexes: birth to 1 month, mostly automatic reflexes, rooting, sucking grasping, 2. Primary circular reactions: 1 to 4 months focus on self, circular - over and over, repeat action over and over, evidence that infants have some cognition, sense of deliberation, 3. Secondary circular reactions: 4 to 8 months, repetitions are more complex, focus on external rather than own body, by chance, x happened, realize can cause effect on x, objects are separate from self, 4. Coordination of secondary circular reactions: cause and effect - more deliberate actions, means to an end, showing intentionality, 5. Tertiary circular reaction: 12 to 18 months, new means via active experimentation, goal-directed is more expansive, more intentional, purposeful, knowing what to do before doing it, 6.