Lecture points midterm 2 Flashcards

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what did Piaget believe about child development

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rejected nature vs nurture debate
constructivsm
knowledge begins with active interaction, starts from the self - motor activity important
we develop a mental picture of the world

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constructivism

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build mental maps of the world

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sponge metaphor and piaget

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children like sponges soaking up info

worng according to piaget - all about integrating new info into the old

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explain the world is round example

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we create representations of the world connected to out previous knowledge
so teaching earth is round children tend to draw pictures of a circle with people at the bottom and clouds at the top or person stood on a flat pancake
vagueness and confusion over word round
so integrate with what they know / see around them every day

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explain driver passenger example

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driver has a better mental map of the surroundings than passenger
active construction

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why is teahcing difficult

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the curse of knowledge

we assume everyone knows what we know

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whar are schemas

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frameworks for interpreting and responding to experience
can be mental or physical
as we get older we get more abstract schemas (also more mental than physical0
software analogy - what we do with info inputs

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example of baby with a book schemas

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when young - put in mouth to explore

when older try to read and think

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cognitive development and schemas

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cognitive development takes place as we try to connect experiences and schemas

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what is assimilation

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fit observations into existing schema

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what is accomodation

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change schemas to fit observations

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dad points to photo and says that is you to a young child
assimilation view point?
accomodation viewpoint?
(also trusted friend cheating example)

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accomodation = develop ways to think about pictures. friend never trustworthy
assimilation = parent is joking, this (physical me) is me. friend was protecting me or some rubbish
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belief intrenchment in politics is an example of

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assimilation

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making an exception is probably an exmaple of

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schema change

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name piaget 4 stages of development

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sensorimotor
preoperational
concrete operations
formal operations

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age of sensorimotor

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0-2

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age of preoperational

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2-7

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age of concrete operations

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7-12

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age of formal operations

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12+

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overview of sensorimotor stage

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knowledge based on motor and senses
baby limited to immediate sensory experiences
sensorimotor experience fosters cognitive development
sensorimotor tables at some preschools eg sand and water play

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name the sensorimotor substages

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reflex activities
primary circular reactions
secondary circular reactions
coordination of secondary circualr reactions
tertiary circular reactions
cognitive advancements (overlaps into preoperational stage)

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reflex activity

  • when
  • what
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0-1 month
baby has reflex schema
-looking, sucking, hearing grasping
-process info
-slowly modified by infant
so reflexes where you take things in from the world, not simple babinski
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primary circular reactions

  • when
  • what
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1-4 months
pleasureable response to own body
loop of doing something over and over because you like it
eg sucking fingers and toes, blowing spit bubbles
class video - baby sucking top lip to make a squeaking sound

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seconday circular reactions

  • when
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pleasurable response centered around objects and events in th external world
eg rattles

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coordination of secondary ciruclar reactions - when - what
``` 8-12 months combines previously aquired schrmas to reach goal (means end behaviour) eg will lift cover to find toy Piaget thinks this shows object permanence bye bye wave pulls cloth towards self to reach imitates action similar to schema a not b error ```
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piaget and object permanence
pre 8 months babt wont reach for an object they can't see | piaget said this was due to object permanence - baby thinks things only exist when they can see it
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video demonstrating object permanence
7 month old fails toy played with then put under cover baby doesn't look or doesn't know where it is -motor skills not advanced? -adult took it off so why would baby look? -cannot be bothere? not necessatily lack of object permanence the 9 month old will lift blanket when toy put under it
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A not B error - class video
baby reluctant to give toy back to experimenter hidden twice on right side then hidden left baby goes to the right to find toy Piaget said because a not b error or pattern fomring, operant conditioning, habit of the baby
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tertiary circular reactions - when - what
12-18 months active experimentation no a not b error variations on a theme - not same repetitive behvaiour over and over again little experimenter stage eg kid eating will throw things on the floor to see what happens also learn social aspects of their behaviour - eg what will mum vs dad do if i drop this cognitive exploration can be very annoying!
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cognitive advancement - when - what
seen at end of sensorimotor stage or preoperational stage (18+ months) child not limited to immediate experience -delayed imitation -visual imagery in problem solving -symbolic play
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what was one of piaget's methods (wouldn't fly today)
studied own children
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piaget child example of delayed imitation
piaget's child throws fake tantrum after watching another kid throw one the day before had remembered what had happened and re-created it herself
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example of using visual imagery in problem solving
door open flower pot in way of door closing so must move vase to be able to shut door piaget's daughter knew to move vase before closing the door as could imagine what would happen didn't have to physically try to find out
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what are the lmiitations of preoperational thought
centration - the child can only focus on one aspect of a problem or object eg class inclusion are there more blue flowers or flowers also fail conservation tasks
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explain conservation tasks and examples from class
number, mass and volume video = liquid coins on a tabl - girl even counts first time but for some reason doesn't second time and gets tricked graham cracker - one for you, two for me... but if i just split yours in half = now we have the same
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what can make conservation tasks hard
child often won't agree the start point is equal - eg have to negotiate two pieces of playdough are the same size also repeatedly asking them which is bigger = problematic as measn one must be bigger
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piaget thought all conservation tasks were..
equal not true tend to better in number tasks earlier in industry today use conservation of volume to trick shoppers
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what is aminism and what stage is it associated
child attributes animate properties to inanimate objects another preoperational problem eg piaget chat of why does the sun move - is because it is alive and following us or is child teeling an imaginary story to us? also remember we draw the sun with a face = not particularly helpful also leading questions piaget claimed just because child = illogical at this point
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explain thematic categorization and how kids get it wrong
load of shapes asked to group them kids in preoperational stage will make a pretty picture with them
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egocentrism in preoperational stage
fail to take another's perspective into account eg will cover own eyes during hide and seek 3 mountain task - what can the doll see sat on the other side according to piaget - egocentrism is purely cognitive
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concrete operations stage - when - what
``` 7-12 yo understand reversible logic systems -not fooled by superficial appearance -can think about multiple dimensions logical categorization now - taxomic groupings so no more pretty pictures with shapes ```
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formal operations stage - when - what
12+ reason about abstract ideas can reason hypothetically and systematically -pendulum problem (eg only length of string in a swinging pendulum matters) logic games - become mini scientists and change one variable at a timeto figure out cause can understand abstract maths
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abstract maths debate
when should we start getting kids to do abstract maths | only when ready or earlier so they gte used to seeing it
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class video - what if someone had no thumbs
kids of various ages what if we had no thumbs little kids = very phyiscal / simple answers = couldn't do a thumbs up vs older kids = globalised reasoning as can actualy imagine this situation maybe why adolescents love sci-fi
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key conclusions from piaget
children actively construct knowledge - importance of active discovery - importance of engaging in meaningful activities - child is not a vessel to be filled with facts
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major headline as to what piaget got wrong
understimated childs abliities | tasks were too hard for what they were trying to show!
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video = test of object permanence younger kids pass
2 possibilities - swing door hits box so comes back earlier or impossible/ magical event box gets squashed as door swings all the way through it 4 month old babies look longer at the impossible event
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how do we use looking times
we look longer at stuff that is surprising so from surprise we can infer expectation but must control conditions carefully
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object permanence variation babies pass (object searching one)
babies look for objects when put in darkness over simple put a cover over it
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how to disrupt a not b error
put a weight on babies wrist | this disrupts the habit and more likely to look in the right place as is taken off autopilot
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underestimation of perspective taking abilities in young children
even 24 month olds have some perspective taking abilities adults enter room looking for an object children saw two toys, but only one of which they could see by 24 months they give the experimenter the object the experimenter cannot see (but the baby can) or hold squirrel teddy so everyone else can see
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the development of perspective taking is...
longer than piaget thought older childern and adults still have difficulties eg give too little info (blue star - when there are two, a big one and a little one) or give too much information (a big red star when there is only one red star)
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curse of knowledge
onve we know something it seems onvious and we often assume others know it too part of eprspective eg blurry images - we know outcome but always overestimate when people will recognise final image of fish - say they should know by pcture x which is far too blurry but we forget we know the final outcome
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brief other challenges to piaget
underestimate variability in skills - is a stage theory underestimate influence of social environment and culture underestimate role of domain specific skills - eg cateogrization by child experts is way beyond adults but only in their specific areas of expertise (eg dinosaur expert) piaget didn't care much for language
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sociocultural theory - who - what
``` lev Vygotsky focus on social environment quantitive change language shapes thought inner speech tool for solving problems and regulating behaviour ```
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what does vygotsky mean by social environment
child is a product of culture | learning is a social process
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example of inner speech
mum bake cake and leaves room | girl (2.5yo) says "no i musn't break the eggs" as breaks them
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children learn best by sociocultural in.....
zone of proximal development | cannot be too easy ot too hard
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what is intersubjectivity
mutual understanding shared in communication achieved through joint attention infants and partners focus on common thing so parent must make sure child is looking at what they are describing to avoid confusion (both parent and child must be looking at the same thing!)
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tomasello quote meaning | this allows for...
``` where we differ from animals = the ability to participate with others in collaborative activities with shared goals and intentions = shared intentionality allows for use of lingustic symbols -creation of social norms ```
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what is social scaffolding
social support that helps children so more than on their own
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autobiography social scaffolding
helps children narrate what happened to them - eg ask questions to help them remember what happened. they practice telling what happened and aim is they then can tell it without the scaffolding questions eg falling down at the pool, did it hurt etc
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helping children solve problems by social scaffolding example
block towers keep faling down teahc scientific method can also teach much broader coping strategies like uh oh lets try again - how to cope with failure so scaffold ability to regulate own emotion
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helping children do daily tasks scaffolding example
lay table and tidy bedroom build it up slowly couting practice - just because 4 forks needed have to remind children same number of spoons etc - this takes scaffolding and practice again chance to scaffold much wider skills or break bedroom down into pieces eg clothes first etc
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what does executive control allow for
goal-directed action regulation and control over cognitive processes involves mental flexibility eg trying to get stuff done in social situations - allow for friends etc mental flexibility - switch to task of higher priority then back to other task
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video of executive control
3 yo jonathan boats to one pile, rabbits to another then rule change red to one pile, blue to another. cannot adapt to new rule now libby - did colour game first and all good, then couldnt switch to shape game can both restate new rule but cannot act on it
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for executive control we need
inhibitory control - control behaviour and emotion, resist temptation working memory - holding info in mind and work with it cognitive flexibility - change perspective or how you think about a problem
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how to make kids pass the card sorting task
drop all the cards on the floor then introduce new rule - seems to allow for rule reset
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card sorting task in adults
stroop task | wisconsin card sorting task - have to work out rules yourself
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peeking in children
age 3 start to realise we don't all know what they see = first start lying, particularly to get out of trouble game - toy making noise on table behind them and have to guess what is the toy obscure noise, adult leaves the room instructing don't peek basically everyone peeks in about 15 seconds when asked if peeked say no
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lying about peeking
requires inhibitory control after to keep story straight and not give away the fact they lied most little kids will give away the fact they lied on further questioning
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2 ways to become a good liar
high level of cognitive sophistication | be in trouble alot so get alot of practice at it
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how to reduce / increase peeking in toy game
make them promise to not peek = less peaking appeal to their reputation... if you say they are really smart = more peeking but if tell them they are known for being good = less peeking
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executive control predicts
academic performance mental and physical health gains seen by extensive practice of skill beyond your current ability some kinds of practice may especially well eg martial arts
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learning limitations | apply to both adults and kids
intuitions about effective strategies often wrong (eg highlighting!) illusion of explanatory depth - people tend to overestimate how well they understand things - they will then lower their estimates after explaining to others
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learning strategies that work (both adults and children remember)
explainging answers (more effective than just receiving test material, promotes integration with prior belief) practice quizzing inc flashcards = deeper processing + better than "creative techniques" spacing of material space out practice, intermix problem types, cumulative review productive struggle
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example of creative spelling and did it work
could write out words in different colours nope testing better and children perffered testing to "fun creative one"
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productive struggle explain
better to struggle by yourself at somehting new then be shown right way than simply shown right way = means you actively process
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even with good study strategies....
we forget most of the details we learn -is this that problematic no as means we can re-learn better, understand big concepts better and detect experts better from fakers
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even when children given really complicated narrative on how engines work...
they don't learn it or remember it but can understand core ideas and are successful on engine expert detector test
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infantile amnesia problem
we do not remeber memories from before 3.5 yo = infantile amnesia but we do learn stuff at this age just don't seem to remeber it
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instrumetnal conditioning foot kicks
can be taught to kick foot to make modile swing results -even 2 month old can remeber for 24 hours 6 months for 2 weeks but context = very important for memory retrieval, if add bumber pads to cot won't remeber as different looking environment
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other research showing memory before 3 yo
``` autobiographical events 6 months earlier scripted events -bathtime -restuarants may not remeber speciic events years later due to limits in networks and social scaffolding ```
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early memories being changed
false memories develop with repeated questions asked whether bitten by a rat answer no asked every week by the end would say yes and have entire stories we think they genuinely believed they had been bitten so why do we ask leading questions?!?!
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classic studies in when do children realise appearances can be deceiving`
``` banana pen, rock looking sponge -what does this look like -what is this really and truly 3yo answer same to both likely refelcts confusion about what is real ```
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an example of children confusing what is real and potential reason why
real fear of people who are dressed up eg clown | trouble thinking about the same thing in two different ways at the same time
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how can you get kids to understand banana looking pen is a banana looking pen
when presented banana and banana at the same time asked to give experiment the real banana versus te one that looks like a banana tend to get this right
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contaminated foods and children
``` vegemite on moldy bread roach in drink then out appearance = good to eat but not really 3 yo know it isnt ok to eat maybe evolutionary? ```
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what are symbolic systems and some examples and why are they challenging to children
``` one thing stands for another -printed words -maps -models -calendars have to see artifact as both things and what they represent ```
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what are scale errors
seeing difference between artifacts and what theyr epresent eg kid try to get in toy bed or toy car (video little boy kept saying in and little girl took her shoe off to try and fit)
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scale model experiment
big room and scale model of room toy hidden in one room, go find in another, under 3yo fail to realize they are scale models so will be hidden in the same place (under the pillow in snoopy the dog video) despite repreatedly being told the two rooms were the "same" instead done with magical we can shrink the room = now pass as think of it as the same room and not a representation of the room
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explain the dual representation hypothesis
2yo have trouble seeing both an artifact and a symbol as something else
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up to what age can you convince kids there is a machine for everything
7 yo
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symbolic understanding in pretend play development
first seen 12-24 month peaks around 6 months if not seen = potential developmental problem in child promotes conceptual development (practicing and experimenting with prior learning)
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what is the debate over time spent in preschool
how much pretend play time at te expense of hard fact learning time experts = let them play as allows interest in learning and the other stuff will come
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Dr Heyman story about children after hearing stroke story
heard story about grandfather getting a stroke son declared he had one next day, and was old etc daughter adminstered a shot to fix it pretend play to understand what they had heard about for the first time integrated into what they knew - shot is what doctors give kids when they are ill
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how can pretend play help with | emotion
doll is scared of the dark practice talking to the doll the dark isnt scary self soothes own fear of the dark
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how can pretend play help with social roles
have to coordinate with others, might have to have and resolve arguments eg playing house boy always made to be dad, wanted to be a housebat, had to persuade others a house bat was necessary over a dad to the game
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kids imitate actions when they are
on purpose seem fun or useful imitation often serves as a way to connect with others
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3 parts of mental life we have to understand
beliefs emotions desires
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video of understanding beliefs / preferences over food
experimenter has clear preference for broccoli over crackers (kids prefer cracker in pretest, one who preffered broccoli switched roles for) experimenter asks child (under 18months) to give her food. kid gives own food preference (cracker) over her preference (broccoli) attributed own belief to experimenter by 18months/2yo = works it out
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ToM is special as it holds for ..... subjects
all cultures | not just WEIRD
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sally anne doll task what ages do what example of what kind of test
``` 3 yo (42 month) fail 5 yo (52 month) pass false belief task - unexpected transfer ```
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deceiving contents task what ages video example used what example of what kind of test
same ages as sally anne video = crayon box with animal crackers false belief
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how to make children successful at false belief tasks
child helps to deceive another | maybe act of tricking another = social scaffolding
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phonology
how sounds are used in lnaguage
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phoneme
elementary unit of meaningful sound | each language has about 30
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in phonology children must not only learn phonemes but also...
how to reproduce sounds which sound combinations are allowed in their language eg ts sound not allowed at beginning of english words
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morphology
study of form and structure of words
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morpheme
smallest unit of language that has meaning has one or more phoneme includes prefixes, suffixes and root words
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free morphemes
stand alone | eg car, tree
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bound morphemes
``` cannot satnd alone serve many functions -change meaning eg un in unclear -change part of speech eg ness in happiness -indicate tense eg ed in hopped -indicate plural eg s in cars ```
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semantics
study of meaning in words and sentences semantically illegal sentences cna have fine grammar can be linked to humour - around 8 yo love this can change contexrt eg bank
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syntax
the structure of sentences how words are arranged to form sentences in english SVO = standard words in different orders can have different meanings
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2 syntax rules
subjects and verbs must agree | pronouns must match up with what they refer to
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pragmatics
rules for language in social contexts - what is intentionally communicates - rules for socially appropriate language use - speaker must get attention of listener - what specific language is appropriate
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speech act
eg can you reach that - not really asking that quesiton, really asking you to reach that for them also arguments in couples - house is really dirty is an invitation to clean and not to simply agree it is dirty
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what parts of language are really difficult for AI
assessing meaning from context eg bank vs bank | pragmatics
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what part of language is important in dev psych research
pragmatics | why is researcher asking me the same quesiton over and over again etc
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some rules kids apply when learning the referent for each word
assume word is for whole not part of an object multiple exposure does better - see what is common syntactic bootstrapping - a bird = know from grammar a means its a noun we are trying to work out pragmatic cues - what is the speaker attending to principle of mutual exclusivity - i know the word for that so this new word must be for that new object i don't know the word for
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what can make language learning hard for kids
even when we get the basic ideas it can be hard to pin down the mechanisms eg with adjectives - the big bug is still smaller than the small car
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bunny drumming study in lecture
was the hindi language one from the textbook ba vs da (we can all hear this in english) - to signal phoneme change bunny would drum = child conditioned to always look to the bunny when heard the change then da vs da (diff in hindi but not english) 6 months would look to the bunny as heard the difference, at 10 months english speaking babies no longer heard the difference so did not look at the bunny at 6 months = universal listener
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can phoneme perception be reversed video study
9 month old US kid exposed to native mandarin chinese speaker and same speaker on tv and audio learnt phoneme distinction for real person lack of learning from tv = part of more general video deficit
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how to fix the video deficit
joint attention make TV more interactive eg like blues clues where presenter asks kids questions and 3 yo will reply to the questions as if was live
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explain the featured article
empirical, 24-30 month olds exposed to 4 novel verbs -live interaction (contingent) -noncontingent video -video chat = contingent dv = understanding of taught words measured by preferential looking result video chat like real interaction = verbs learnt, not just watching
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cooing
babies first produce 6 weeks old pre babbling more vowel based
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babbling
5 months more constant and vowel sounds = more diverse than babbling 2 videos - baby babbles whilst looking at book, other two twins have a babble based conversation almost, full turn taking, seem to understand each others language
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video of babbling in deaf baby
parents signing across the table | infant wants to join in the conversation so puts hand in line of sight and makes a hand movement as if signing
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when do one word utterances appear
12 month ealy words = familiar objects, people or social words like bye bye or uhoh note word like gung which infant repeaedly uses for juice would be considered a word as her use of it was consisitent even if not a real word
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when do two word utterances appear and what else happens with language learning at this age
18 - 24 months rapid increase in word learning telegraphic speech - eg ride car