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| Study of systematic changes that occur over the lifespan |
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| Envieronmental input impacts brain development |
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| In the first few months of life, the brain goes through rapid overproduction of synapses & prunes away those not used |
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| Development occurs as a series of stages differing in how the world is understood; children's thinking develops through orderly stages |
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| Child perceives & manipulates but does not reason; Object permanence is acquired; A not B error |
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| Preoperational Stage (2-7) |
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| Emergence of symbolic thought; egocentric processing; learn conservation & theory of mind |
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| Concrete Operations Stage (7-11) |
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| Thought is more logical; not good at abstract/hypothetical thought |
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| Formal Operations Stage (11+) |
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| Thought is logical & abstract; end of qualitative change in cognition |
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| Current views on Piaget's Theory |
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| descriptions were generally right; change is more gradual; kids move through stages more quickly; testing is not more sensitive to infant cognition |
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| Maturation of skills that enable us to get along with others |
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| Attachment Theory - Harry Harlow |
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| Attachment does not depend on food, but on contact comfort |
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