PSYCH 133B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Sensory Memory, Imitative Learning, Working Memory
3 May 2016
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Devries study cat/dog for 3 versus 5 year olds 5 didn"t; 3 got scared of dog . Changes in neurons: overproduction and pruning, largely genetic, but also experiences matter use it or lose it , surplus of synapses in early age allows for brain plasticity. Piaget: stage theorist, development as adaptation to reality, evaluation of his theories, when replicated with nonverbal studies children still had similar reasonings. So not inarticulateness: object permanence at a much earlier age (younger than 8 months; 3. 5 months) Baillargeon"s rabbit and board swing experiment: not limited to sensorimotor stage. Don"t vary their behavior with actual intent: trial and error, only repeat actions where the outcome involves their own body. Sucking their finger: substage 3 (4 8 months, become interested in outcomes occurring beyond their bodies. Batting a ball and watching it roll away. The interesting outcome involves objects in the external world.
