PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Habituation, Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India, Toyota Electronic Modulated Suspension

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2110
• Professor: Scott Adler

Document Summary

*dr. adler is not a fan of piaget, so will point out things that go wrong with his theories throughout lecture. First psychologist who did experiments with children, so theories based on actual data. His theory no longer holds sway on our understanding of cognitive development; he was mostly wrong when it came to details. 2 types of adaptation: assimilation i(cid:374)terpreti(cid:374)g or (cid:272)o(cid:374)strui(cid:374)g e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) ter(cid:373)s of o(cid:374)e"s existing cognitive structures and ways of thinking. Pretend play, such as using banana as a phone. Pretend play is crucial to cognitive development: accommodation (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e stru(cid:272)tures a(cid:374)d (cid:449)a(cid:455)s of thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g to apprehend environmental issues. Babies change the way they suck to extract milk from breast vs. bottle. Piaget believed that the development of qualitatively different cognitive structures occurred through the processes of assimilation and accommodation. When a qualitative change occurs, the infant/child enters a new stage of development. Believed in stage theory (aka staircase theory)