PSYCH 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Egocentrism, Dual Representation, Dollhouse
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Classnotes 10 (chapter 10: cognitive development early childhood) Key words/terms/objectives: what are the advances of preoperational thought (piagetian approach), preoperational thought, 1. Mastery of symbolic function: using mental representations (words, numbers, or images) to which a child has attached meaning, as shown by, deferred imitation, playing doctor; phone calls, pretend play. Language use: the use of symbols to communicate, 2. Identities: people and things are the same despite changing form, size, or appearance, example, mommy can also be aunt cathy, requires understanding similarities and differences, example: distinguishing life from non-life. Is your doll alive: **lack of identity = animsim, attributing life to non-living objects, ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:455)ou(cid:396) doll (cid:396)eall(cid:455) eat food? No! (cid:862)mo(cid:373)(cid:373)(cid:455), the (cid:272)loud is (cid:272)(cid:396)(cid:455)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:373)e. (cid:863) Use of centration: focusing on one aspect of a situation and not others, decentering (adult, simultaneously thinking of several aspects of a situation, centration shown by.
