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Developmental Psychology detailed notes
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- De Montfort University (DMU)
Focuses on the stages of development within children and how they are influenced by their surroundings.
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Developmental Psychology- Key theories and principlesCognitive revolution-
Mental processing but scientifically studied
Brain-computer analogy, information processing models of learning
Focuses on processing mistakes
Need to understanding individual perspectives of the world
John Piaget revolutionized the study of child development.
He focused specifically on cognitive development
He used intelligence testing and noticed consistent errors within children
He believed that we were born with structures to support perception, storage and
comprehension at birth
Child active in development
Constructive approach
Process of adaptation builds on innate reflexes
Schemas are mental frameworks that our brains create to help us understand our environment.
Adaptation is where we assimilate (apply old schemas to a new situation) and accommodate (revise
and change old schema based on new info)
Development sequence over 12 years
Times of major reorganization= stages
Basis of four stage theory
Stage 1- sensorimotor- 0-18 months
Learn by doing
Look, touch, taste, smell
Self-separate to other objects
Basic cause and effect
Object permanence
Stage 2- Preoperational- 18 months- 7 years
Ego-centric
Simple object classification
Better at imagining and pretending
Thinking tied to doing
They use intuition not logic
Language
Stage 3- Concrete operational- 7-12 years
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