PSYC 3390 Chapter 3: Ch 3: Cognitive Functions
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Cognitive development: changes in how people think, problem solve, and capacity for memory/attention. Jean piaget: theories of cognitive and moral development from infancy to adolescence. Wrong answers by kids of a similar age group = patterns reflected difference of how children of various ages think about questions. Mental structure: within particular stages of development a person organizes thoughts. Cognitive-developmental approach: maturation drives development from stage to stage. Maturation as an active process, seeking info & stimulation of environment. Behaviorists disagree: environment acts on child w/ rewards and punishment. Schemes: use of organizing and interpreting info. Infants: sensory and motor schemes (touch, taste, sound) Childhood: representational and symbolic (words, ideas, concepts, theories) Assimilation: new info altered to fit an existing scheme. Accommodation: changing a scheme to adapt to new info. Stages of cognitive development in childhood and adolescence. Sensorimotor (0-2): learning how to coordinate activities of senses w/ motor skills.
