PSYC 2013 Chapter Notes - Chapter chapter 9: Oneword, Behaviorism, Folk Psychology
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Chapter 9- early childhood: cognitive development: piaget: preoperational thought, preoperational intelligence- occurs in early childhood. For this reason, when asked to repeat something ungrammatical that an adult says, children often correct the grammar: children theorize about intentions before they imitate what they see. [type here: theory of the mind (folk psychology)- emergent ability that is slow to develop but typically in most children at about age 4, longitudinal studies have found that the preschool years typically begin with. 2-year-olds not knowing that other people think differently than they do but end with 6-year-olds having a well-developed theory of mind: realizing that thoughts do not mirror reality is beyond young children (until age 3). This advances the theory of mind: language learning- is the premier cognitive accomplishment of early childhood, a sensitive time- brain maturation, myelination, scaffolding, and social interaction make early childhood ideal for learning language.
