CAS PS 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genital Stage, Lev Vygotsky, Dependent And Independent Variables
26 Oct 2018
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Cognitive theories: explain structure and development of cognition/thought processes and how it affects behavior. Notion of organization: development is the reorganization of knowledge, more organized, and more accurate representation. Sensorimotor period: understanding the world through senses and interactions (birth - 2 years) Preoperational period (2-7 years): words, symbolic thought emerge, but lack a logical quality. Concrete operational (7-11 years): logical but limited, no abstractions and hypotheticals. Most maturation and experience move through stages. Assimilation: the child integrates and relates new experiences into existing knowledge (no change to cognitive structure) Accomodation: child modifies knowledge base and cognitive structure due to new information. Believed that environment and language plays a bigger role in cognitive development than piaget. Driven by unconscious biological desires (hunger, aggression) Maturation of the ego: id, ego, superego- not all three are present at birth. Id is there at birth, operates to pleasure principle and immediate gratification (irrational, greedy)
