PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Imaginary Audience, Object Permanence, Egocentrism
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Piaget"s theory: there are discrete changes but with continuous development. Schemas: organized way of thinking about the world. Adaptation: adjust cognitive structures to environmental demands assimilation: when an old schema is applied to new objects accommodation: when an old schema is changed to git a new object. Sensorimotor stage: young infants experiencing through senses and actions object permanence: if its out of site its gone forever imitation: monkey see, monkey do ; also language birth to 2 years old. Pre operational: representing things with words and images but lack reasoning. Pretend play: scenarios going on with actions gures. Egocentrism: rest of the world sees what they see. Theory of mind: understand why playmate is mad at them; emotion. Language development about 2 to 6 years old. Conservation: mathematical transformations: a = b and b = c than a = c about 7-11. Formal operational: abstract reasoning abstract logic: coming up with your own ideas about 12 through adulthood.
