PSYC 231 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Toilet Training, Fokker E.Ii, 18 Months
26 Apr 2016
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Explain the differences between the critical and sensitive period hypotheses as they relate to language development. Then, take a side in the debate using the case of genie as support for your stance: critical period, time during development when a particular event has greatest consequences a. i. Explain in detail how piaget believed intellectual growth occurred. Be sure to include in your response a definition of the following terms: assimilation, accommodation, equilibrium, disequilibrium, and schemata. Accommodation (change mental structure for new experiences: sensorimotor period, first stage in piaget"s theory, simple reflexes b. i. Infant understands environment through inborn reflexes: first habits & primary circular reactions c. i. Infants can start to coordinate separate actions into single, integrated actions c. ii. Primary circular reactions = infants intentionally repeat actions because they find pleasure (i. e. thumb sucking: secondary circular reactions d. i. Motor abilities to act upon outside world beyond body d. ii. Infant vocalization gets pleasure from mom"s attention: coordination of secondary circular reactions e. i.
