PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Primitive Reflexes, Morpheme, Scientific Method
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Mental patters (ways of thinking) that children form at each stage of development. Each of the four stages is characterized by a new set of schemas. The process through which a new experience is placed into existing schema. The process through which a schema is adapted or expanded to incorporate a new experience. Children at this stage experience the world thru senses and actions (cid:858)i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)ce(cid:859) co(cid:374)sists of (cid:373)otor actions toward objects and the sensory feedback gained from those actions, sensory feedback- noisy toys. Sucking reflex goes thru processes of assimilation and accommodation. Object permanence 9 months, separation anxiety: notion that an object continues to exist even when hidden from view, one of the key accomplishments at this age. Children at this stage represent things with words and images (language development) but lack logical thinking: reasoning is based on immediate appearance not logic. Children can: think logically about concrete event, understanding concrete analogies, use arithmetical operations.
