Developmental Psychology Flashcards
Developmental Psychology
Scientific study of changes in an organism between birth and death
When is visual development normal adult range in babies
6 months
What is the premise of the preferential looking paradigm (Fantz)
Infants will look longer at interesting stimuli that uninteresting stimuli
Cognitive development:
The development of thinking across the lifespan
What was Piaget’s view
children are naturally curious
Play an active role in acquiring knowledge
Schema
An organized unit of knowledge that the child uses to try and understand a situation
Assimilation
New experiences are readily incorporated into child existing theories
Accommodation
Theories are modified based on experience
Sensorimotor 0-2 years
Infants progress from simple reflex actions to symbolic processing
Develop an understanding object permanence
Preoperational 2-7 years
Can mentally represent objects and think symbolically
What are weakness of pre operational stage
-Difficulty with logical reasoning/ problem solving
-Difficulty relating the experiences of others
Concrete operational 7-11 years
Pass conservation task and can think logically about concrete situations
Difficulty thinking abstractly and reason hypothetically
Weakness of Concrete operational
Reasoning is limited to real, present objects
Formal operational 11+ years
Become capable of flexible and abstract thought
Object permanence
Understanding that objects continue to exist when they are no longer visible
