PSYC 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mental Rotation, Acronym, Weighing Scale
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Piaget is the first theorist in cognitive development in psychology. Created schemas and concept through exploring and interacting with the world. Each child sees he world differently but with similarities. Children generate hypothesis, perform experiments and draw conclusions from early age. What happens to object when it disappears. Want to figure things out on their own. From studying zebra mussels -> children and their intelligence, answering problems, and development of knowledge. Piaget"s (cid:862)resear(cid:272)h(cid:863) (cid:449)as do(cid:374)e o(cid:374) his o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) or (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) fro(cid:373) his (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s s(cid:272)hool. Did not consider individual differences or effects of environment. Children think a specific way at particular stage. Basic problem solving, development of language and moral development. Thinking influenced everything that they learned here. Processes by which children learn, form schemas or concepts are the same throughout development. Piaget was a biologist that believed that children had an innate drive to learn. Children must adapt to their environment and learn from it.
