PSY 2105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Object Permanence, Clothespin, Michael Tomasello

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Stuart Hammond

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Chapter 8 cognitive development: piagetian & vygot kian. Any type of learning is a form of knowledge. More restricted: thought and thinking (e. g. , math; understanding concepts; problem solving, cognitive psychology. Nature/core knowledge: encoded in some way, triggered by experience. Nurture: outside world is (cid:862)i(cid:373)p(cid:396)essed(cid:863) o(cid:374) us. We become whatever climate we grow up in (19th century russia; 21st century canada: may require some very basic reflexes etc. Uses the dynamic systems theory school of thought. Neither biology or society are sufficient to explain knowledge: we must construct our understanding/knowledge of the world. Example drawn from study by piaget (1974) la prise de conscience (the grasp of consciousness) If you had to imagine the legs of this cat moving, how would they move (i. e. , what sequence/order): x, z, and n pattern. We"(cid:448)e e(cid:374)ded up (cid:449)ith so(cid:373)e (cid:373)odels of (cid:272)(cid:396)a(cid:449)li(cid:374)g. Related to dynamic/development system approaches (also pragmatism) Also roots in education (at least) two levels of knowledge.