L33 Psych 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Epistemology, Naturalistic Observation, Object Permanence
5 Mar 2019
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Children start w/ broader concepts that they have to refine. Assimilation (ex: if it looks like a flower, it must be a flower) Accommodation (begin to discriminate and except some objects as not what they seem to be; ex: accept that weeds are not flowers) Equilibration & disequilibrium (once children have to accommodate too much, they accept that they have to change, so they move to the next stage of completely new ideas) Disequilibrium is when children move to next. Six substages of sensorimotor development: stage: substage 1 (age 0-1 mo. ): exercising reflexes (ex: start sucking a nipple: substage 2 (age 1-4 mo. ): learning to adapt (ex: move from sucking nipple to sucking other things, like thumbs/pacifiers: substage 3 (4-8 mo. ): making events last (ex: shaking toy to hear it rattle: substage 4 (8-12 mo. ): means to achieve ends (ex: moving an obstacle to reach toy, if you can see the toy: substage 5 (12-18 mo.
