Babies love peek a boo. When an older player

covers their face, the baby believes the player

has gone away, and is happily surprised when

the person reappears. What psychological

concept is responsible for this baby’s fun?

Write your answer in complete sentences or lose credit

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D E V E L O P M E N T A L P S Y C H O L O G Y

SCHEMAA mental concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

I . P i a g e t ’ s C o g n i t i v e D e v e l o p m e n t C o n t i n u e d

Jean Piaget believed that children organize new

information in two ways

A . A s s i m i l a t i o n - the process by which new info is placed into preexisting

categories or schema.

B . A c c o m m o d a t i o n - the process of adjusting existing ways of thinking or

schema to understand new information.

I I I . C O G N I T I V E

D E V E L O P M E N T

SCHEMA

AssimilationMake new information fit into

existing schemas

“Heart” =

AccomodationAdjusting your schema to fit new

information

2. Accommodation:

Experiencing something new and adjusting an

existing schema

EX: Heart: you will accommodate your schema

each time you learn a new meaning of heart

Piaget & Cognitive Development

When we experience something new we can assimilate the information into an existing schema, adjust a schema, or

create a new one!

1. Assimilation:

-Experience something new and fit it into a pre-existing category

-Experiencing something new and creating a category

EX: a kid sees it’s first horse. It is brown. Then he sees a second

horse, that is white. He calls it horse and is correct

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I I . P a r e n t i n g S t y l e s - 3 T y p e s

I I I . C O G N I T I V E

D E V E L O P M E N T

Authoritative parents are both demanding & responsive. They exert

control by setting rules, but, especially w/older children, they encourage

open discussion & allow exceptions.

Results: Children w/high self-esteem, self-reliance, & social skills -

achievement oriented

Authoritarian parents impose rules & expect obedience: “Don’t interrupt.”

“Keep your room clean.” “Don’t stay out late or you’ll be grounded.” “Why?

Because I said so.”

Permissive parents submit to their children’s wants. They make few

demands & use little punishment.

I I I . L a w r e n c e K o h l b e r g

Devised a theory relating to a children’s

Moral reasoning.

• He believed that this occurred in stages.

• Children advance at different rates.

• Not everyone reaches the highest levels

I I I . C O G N I T I V E

D E V E L O P M E N T

I I I . C O G N I T I V E

D E V E L O P M E N TA woman was near death from cancer.

One drug might save her, a form of radium

that a druggist in the same town had

recently discovered. The druggist was

charging $2,000.00, ten times what the

drug cost him to make. The sick woman's

husband, Heinz, went to everyone he

knew to borrow the money, but he could

only get together about half of what it cost.

He told the druggist that his wife was

dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or

let him pay later. But the druggist said

"no." The husband got desperate and

broke into the man's store to steal the drug

for his wife. Should the husband have

done that? .... Why do you think so?

I I I . C O G N I T I V E

D E V E L O P M E N TMoral

Stage Reasoning What is Right?Goal

Pre conventional Level

Stage 1 Avoiding Punishment Obey rules to avoid punishment

Stage 2 Satisfying Needs Doing right is satisfying own needs

Convent ional Level

Stage 3 Winning Approval Good behavior is what pleases people

Stage 4 Law & Order Moral judgments are based on the law, high regard for authority

Post Conventional Level

Stage 5 Social Order Obedience to accepted laws. Laws must recognize basic human rights

Stage 6 Universal Ethics follow internalized principles of justice, even if they conflict w/ laws & rules

Describe one important thing you learned in class today.