PSYC 3404 Lecture Notes - Universal Grammar, Mental Scale
21 Feb 2014
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Organized patterns of understanding -assimilation: use existing schema to understand something -accommodation: change existing schema to understand something *object. Permanence: realization that people and objects exists even when they cannot be seen (8 mo. 2 years -capacity for mental representation or symbolic thought. Deferred imitation -pretend play information processing approach: encoding --> storage --> Retrieval automization: the degree to which an activity requires your attention. Researchers disagree on the age from which memories can be retrieved bayley scale- Mental scale, motor scale how quickly a child learns is considered how fast the child is. Children: no screen time before two -screen time after two should be taken in with an adult. Language and communication: -babbling: repetition of vowels, consonants added later. Facial expressions -deaf babies seem to babble with their hands 5-6 months, babbling becomes purposeful ~10-14 months, first word (as long as it has exclusive meaning)
