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330 3.1 Ch 4 & 5
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cognition
to come to know
to think
to learn
to problem solve
sensation
incoming senses (aud input)
develops in utero
newborn is flooded with sensations
fetus begins to organize sensation by...
2 months
perception
organization of sensation
habituation
when individuals can practice selective attention and thus not need to respond to background sensations
concepts or schemes
baby has enough repetitions of a certain perception of a 'bundle' of sensations, then they become 'concepts' or 'schemes'
these concepts become interconnected via....
webs mental maps
concepts become interconnected via
webs of mental maps which give rise to categories of concepts based on perceptual info.
baby stores these mental maps and then is freed up to deal more efficiently with other incominf stimuli
at birth to 3 months baby is
1st movements/learning
presymbolic (prerepresentationl)
first mevements are reflexive
first learning is sensory
behaviors =
window into cognition
object manipulation
at first - undifferentiated behavior regarding objects in environment
6 months - becomes a little more differentiated (begins 'examining' it and may differentiate some objects
later - becomes conventional (spoon to mouth)
Imitation
8 months - imitates others if he has that behavior in his repertoire and can see himself doing it
9 months - imitates sounds of own language
important for language development
goal directed behaviors
9 months - means to an end - to have a goal in mind and anticipate events separate from those she is immediately involved in
communication intent becomes more real and gestures
gestures begin correlating with vocalizations
object permanence
will look for something out of sight (8 months)
causality
strong relationship between causality and the action type word symbols
to child it means that people and objects in the environment cause change
becoming symbolic
by 12 months baby become symbolic - realized some things can stand for others
tool use happens
at 18 months baby can
better predict cause and effet of things and thus solve problems
cognitive processes allow babies to...
grasp consistencies in their environment which will eventually be shared meaning with com partners
Author
shanamd2010
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135607
Card Set
330 3.1 Ch 4 & 5
Description
Cognitive and Social Development
Updated
2012-02-16T00:20:26Z
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