Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Explicit Memory, Cultural-Historical Psychology, Attention Span

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Matthew Brown

Document Summary

Jean piaget = genetic epistomologist (a scholar who was interested in the origins of knowledge from a developmental perspective. Interest was sparked by his experiences working in the labs of alfred binet. Promoted the idea that human thinking is characterized by adaptation and organization. Children actively construct knowledge of the world and incorporate new info into existing schemes through assimilation. Schemes are modified or expanded through accommodation. Viewed development as domain-general, not tied to knowledge about any specific content. Sensorimotor stage: the first stage of cognitive development, from birth to approx. 2yo, in which thought is based primarily on action. Object permanence (object concept): realization that objects exist even when they are not within view. Up to three months of age, the saying out of sight, out of mind characterizes the child"s understanding of objects. Completion of the sensorimotor stage is signaled by the child"s display of deferred imitation the ability to imitate a model that is no longer present.