PSYC 2110 Chapter Notes -Mental Representation, Object Permanence, Cognitive Development
12 Nov 2012
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Cognitive development: changes that occur in a child"s mental abilities over the course of their lives. Created genetic epistemology: the experimental study of the origin of k/l: originally he studied his children and then moved on to larger samples of children in how they solve various problems. Intelligence: basic life fn that helps an organism adapt to their environment: goal of intelligence is to form equilibrium b/w ones environment and their thought process (known as cognitive equilibrium) achieving this equilibrium is known as equilibration. Children are interactionist in this case, since there is conflict b/w ones internal mental scheme and their environment. Cognition develops through the refinement of ones schemes (unobservable mental systems that underlie intelligence: they are ones representation of reality ppl interpret and organize their experiences w/ their schemes. Schemes are formed by 2 inborn intellectual processes: Organization: child combine their existing schemes into new, more complex intellectual schemes.
