HLTH 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Flynn Effect, Relational Aggression, Prenatal Care
7 Nov 2017
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Focus on one aspect and neglect others. Centration (focus is on a limited amount of the available information) Animistic thinking (inanimate objects have life-like qualities) Can do simplified conservation (they know that dissolved substances are. Can reason by analogy (use if-then"" and because statements as accurately as conserved if the questions are carefully worded) adults. Can adapt their speech for younger children. Are aware of others" perspectives if given certain simplified problems. Piaget describes egocentrism as a tendency rather than an inability. A result of incomplete knowledge of objects. Piaget observes that it is due to a lack of direct experience with objects. Observable especially when asked about items that have life-like features. *primarily a theory of western, middle-class, educated children. Master concrete operational tasks gradually, step by step. Using raven"s tests, there is about a 6 point per decade increase across 30 countries. 1900-2012, mean american iq score has risen by 30 points.
