Development

Question 1

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, name and describe

Answer 1

Sensorimotor - respond to stimuli in environment. Learn symbols (using words to represent things) and develop object permanence . Extends from birth to acquisition of language

Preoperational stage - 2 yrs old - 7 yrs old, do no understand concrete logic and cannot mentally manipular information, play w/ pretend, difficulty taking others point of view. Thinking is egocentric

Concrete operation 7 - 11 yr, appropriate use of logic reasoning. Ability to view others perspective

Formal operational stage - 12 yr - adulthood - abstract thought, metacognition, problem solving , deducitive reasoning

Question 2

bowlby’s stages of separation from attachment figure

Answer 2

1. protest
2. despair
3. detachment, not giving affection

Question 3

Harlow’s monkeys groups reactions

1. total isolation
2. mother only
3. peer only
4. partial isolation

Answer 3

1. total isolation - fearful, unable to copulate and unable to raise young
2. mother only, failed to copulate, did not leave mother to explore, afraid of peers
3. peer only - easily frightened, timid, little playfulness, grasped other monkeys in clinging manner
4. partial isolation - stare vacantly in space, self mutlilate and follow stereotyped behaviors