PSYCHOLOGY 3.2 THOUGHT PROCESSES OF CHILDREN

Rose, Harsh, Jordan, Taylor

Jean Piaget

Children develop schemas, mental representations of world

-accommodation fitting schema to object

- assimilation, fitting new object in schema

Object Permanence Understanding objects you can no longer

see still exist

Representational Thought

Being able to mentally picture a object Conservation

A quantity doesn’t change with appearances

Egocentric Seeing your perspective, but being unable

to comprehend others

Cognitive Development

Sensor motors Stage Bodily sensations

Preoperational Mental images and symbols

Concrete Using logic schemas and only

understand concrete ideas Formal

Able to solve abstract problems

Animals

Imprinting Latching of emotions to another being

Critical Period The time period of best learning period

Human

Attachment Time from ages 6 months to 3 years

when a child is attached to their mother. Stranger Anxiety

A fear of others, unknown, that only fades with their mother’s presence

Separation Anxiety A sudden separation from the mother,

creating unease in the child

Attachment

Secure Attachment Explores a need to be close

Avoidant Avoid and ignore the mother both when

she leaves and when she returns Disorganized

They behave inconsistently Resistant

The child is not upset when their mother leaves, but rejects her when she returns.

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