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Developemental psych
Question | Answer |
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Schema | A mental concept in which we hold our experiences |
Assimilation | interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas |
Accommodation | Process used to create new schema |
What can new born babies do? | Grasping reflex: Holds on to finger when palm is touched |
Rooting reflex | a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth. |
Sucking reflex | Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger is placed in the mouth |
Crying when hungry | the newborn talent of using just the right sounds to motivate parents to end the noise and feed the baby |
stage 1 of cognitive development SENSORIMOTOR STAGE (birth-2 yrs) | -infants acquire knowledge through sensory info (how things feel, look, sound, taste) |
Stage 2 of cognitive development PRE-OPERATIONAL STAGE (2-7 yrs) | -kids learn through pretend play but struggle still with logic and taking point of view of others |
stage 3 of cognitive development CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE (7-11 yrs) | -kids begin to think logically, but thinking can be rigid. They struggle with |