PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Romanian Orphans, Egocentrism, Teddy Bear

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Build schemas through: assimilation use schema to incorporate new information, (fit new information into an existing belief system, accommodation adjust the schema to fit the new information, (modify a belief structure based on experience) Understands worlds largely through sensory experiences and physical. Major milestone: interactions with objects (not through mental representations) Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they can no: acquires object permanence. Object permanence longer be seen: birth to 1 month. No op: 1 to 4 months. Beginning of op (retrieves partially hidden objects: 8-12 months. Op, but can be easily confused random reflex leads to action, which can be repeated: a not b errors trial and error problem solving, 12-18 months. Op more developed, but still not complete: 18-24 months. Op complete can do invisible displacement. Contradictions to piaget"s sensorimotor stage random event (not a reflex) leads to an action, which may be repeated.