Cognitive Development

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basic foundation of Piaget's theory
children act as little scientists and construct their knowledge of the world based on experiences
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key aspects of organization
children integrate individual observations into coherent understanding
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key aspects of adaptation
children progressively adapt their thinking to their environment
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key aspects of assimilation
incorporation of new info into existing concepts
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key aspects of equilibrium
adaptation of existing concepts into new info
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4 stages of Piaget's theory
sensorimotor stage (birth-2), preoperational stage (2-7), concrete operational stage (7-12), formal operational stage (12+)
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what does "lack of mental representation" mean?
children in the sensorimotor stage do not have thoughts separate from perceptions/actions in the moment
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what is object permanence?
the understanding that objects continue to exist when out of view
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Piaget's basic object permanence task
show infant object, infants reach for it -> hider under cloth, no longer reaches for it
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A-not-B error
8-12 months, have object permanence but unstable mental rep -> hide object under cloth B and infant looks for it under cloth A
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challenge to Piaget's object permanence theory
infants have obj perm before 8 mos because they reach for objects in the dark; just can't act on one object (cloth) to obtain another object (toy)
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Baillargeon (1986) - Violation of Expectations
Methods: 6 1/2 and 8 mo old watch car roll down a track behind a screen - possible and impossible event with blocks

Results: both ages looked longer at impossible event

Conclusion: children younger than 8 mos expect block to stop car, therefore have obj perm
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why does Esther Thelen say infants fail the A-not-B error task?
they have insufficient perceptual and motor coordination - difficult to overcome motor memory of success at cloth A
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how did Esther Thelen change the A-not-B experiment to make it succeed?
weigh arms down, have them stand up (changing motor situation)
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how does Piaget assess egocentrism?
three mountain task - children believe doll can only see what they see despite different angle
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challenge to Piaget's egocentrism task
children are successful when a familiar context is used, like a farm
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what is centration?
focusing on a striking feature of an object/event and ignoring other relevant features
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what are the 3 conservation tasks and what are the typical responses?
liquid, solid, number

more liquid, more solid, more number
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how can the conservation of number task be simplified?
using only 3-4 items or when a group label is used over a unit label
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how did Piaget test subcategory/superordinate category preoperational understanding?
bead task
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example of concrete operational children problem-solving unsystematically
pendulum swing factors - don't test one variable at a time
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characteristics of formal operational stage
systematically solve problems, consider alternate hypotheses, think hypothetically, metacognition
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Kim and Spelke (1992) - Gravity
sample: 5 and 7 mos

methods: ball released on slope up or down

result: 7 old look at condition 2 longer, but not 5 old

conclusion: 7 old expect ball to roll down slope
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Baillargeon - Support
sample: 3 mo old

methods: box released in midair fails to fall, box touching another box fails to fall

results: look longer at 1st condition because it violates expectations, do not look longer at second condition

conclusion: support expectations develop with age
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Quinn and Eimas (1996) - Categorization
sample: 3 and 4 mo olds

methods: habituated to cat pics, shown pic of different cat and then dog

results: looked longer at dog

conclusion: dishabituation to dog shows distinction b/w the 2
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Oakes and Cohen (1995) - Causation
sample: 6-10 mo olds

methods: habituated to videos of moving objects colliding with stationary objects

results: looked longer when non-causal event occurred

conclusion: recognition of cause and effect
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Starkey (1992) - Distinguishing of Numbers
sample: 6-9 mo olds

methods: habituated to pics of 2 or 3 objects, then saw other condition

results: looked longer at other condition

conclusion: infants can distinguish between 1 and 4
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Wynn (1992) - Arithmetic
sample: 5 mo olds

methods: addition behind screen with impossible event

results: infants looked longer at impossible event

conclusion: infants understand simple addition
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criticisms of Wynn's arithmetic study
results only work with 1-3 objects, and results don't replicate consistently
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Zelazo et al. (1996) - Rule-Switching
sample: 3 and 4 yr olds

methods: shown card of different shapes and colors, asked to sort based on one dimension, then asked to swithc and sort based on other dimension

results: most 4 yr olds succeed, 3 yrs old continue sorting by first dimension

conclusion: 3 yr olds have difficulty inhibiting attention to previously relevant info
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DeLoache (1987) - Scale-Model Task
methods: 2 1/2 and 3 yr olds watch experimenter hide toy in scale model room and then asked to find toy in real room

results: most 3 yr olds find toy, most 2.5 yr olds can't

conclusion: difficulty with dual representation - don't understand the model is a symbol for the room
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Scale-Model Task follow up study
"shrinking machine" - believe room was actually shrunk, so no dual representation here so 2 1/2 yr olds succeed
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deferred imitation
repetition of another's behavior hours or days after it has occurred
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symbolic representation
use of one object to stand for another (like make believe play)
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metacognition
ability to think about thinking
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