test 1 Flashcards
harlows studies
studied baby monkeys. feeling secure vs food
jean piagets work
cognitive development
assimilation & accommodation
developmental milestones
assimilation
fitting new info into a belief system that one already has
accommodation
creative process where people modify their belief structures based on experience
sensorimotor
0-2 years. cognitive experience based on direct sensory experience and motor movements. Object permanence.
Preoperational
2-7 years. thinking beyond immediate appearance of objects. Understands physical conservation and symbols language and drawings can be used to represent ideas.
concrete operational
7-11 year. logic, order, organization.
formal operational
11-adult. advanced, not everyone reaches. capacity for abstract and hypothetical thinking. Scientific reasoning becomes possible
Sensory motor stage test
hidden toy test. does not exsist when not in view
Preoperational stage test
water volume, pennies in lines. scale errors. scale model comprehension
scale error, symbolic relationship (scale model), egocentric thinking ages.
scale 2-2.5
model 3
egocentric 7???
concrete operational learning abilities 
math categorize and order identity conservation reversibility
Cognitive development
Development over lifespan
Habituation and dishabituation
H: decrease in responding with repeated exposure to event
D: increase in responsiveness with presentation of new stimulus
Socio cultural influences on development examples
Family. Parents, siblings, extended family, teachers, peers, friends, coaches