PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Genetic Epistemology, Tral, Almost Surely
4 Dec 2017
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Piaget was a biologist with strong interests in how children acquire knowledge: piaget argued that the nature of children"s knowledge changes as they develop. Genetic epistemology: origins/genesis how do children think: used the clinical method of research. Ask child for their reasoning as to their mistakes. Did most research of his research on his kids/grandkids. General theory: considers all aspects of cognition, considers that all aspects of cognition change in an integrated fashion. Constructivist approach: stages are invariant, stages are universal, knowledge is acquired through physical or mental action done to an object, not born with this, there must be interaction with the environment active participation. Children move through four stages: sensorimotor period: birth through age 2. Thinking is action: preoperational period: age 2 to 6. Thinking is based on appearances: concrete operations: age 6 to 11. Thinking is based on reality: formal operations: age 12 through adulthood. Organized ways of making sense of experience.
