Chap 9 Flashcards
what is infantile amensia?
inability to remember events from early childhood
what is attachment?
strong emotional connection between people that persists over time
what is assimilation?
process by which new info into existing knowledge or belief system
what are 4 stages of piaget thoery
- sensorimotor
- pre-operational
3.concrete operational
4.formal operational
what is accommodation?
beliefs change, concept of something changes bc of new info you have
what is the sensorimotor stage?
first stage of piaget, infants acquire info about about the world through motor skills; reflex responses
what is pre-operational stage
ages 2-7 second stage where children think symbolically about objects; appearance are reality to them
what is egocentrism?
pre-operational thinkers view world through their own experiences; they think everyone else sees the world how they see it
what is concrete operational stage?
ages 7-12 during this children begin to think about/understand logical operations, no longer fooled by appearances
what is formal operational stage?
12-adulthood final stage; people think abstractly/ formulate test hypotheses through deductive logic
what is object permenances?
-its till there even though you cant see it; after sensory motor
growing evidence that infants have innate knowledge challenges his theory of distinct stages of cognitive development
what is theory of mind?
ability to understand other people have mental states that influence their behavior
what did Rovee-Collier discover?
that from a very young age infants possess some type of memory
what is the scoioemotional selectivity theory?
theory; people grow older they view time as limited and shift their focus to meaningful experiences ,goals
when does dementia. alzheimers start
the body/mind start to deteriorate slowly about age 50
