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Cognitive Development. The first two years. Perception. Perceptual constancy the size or shape of an object remains the same despite changes in its appearance Dynamic perception arises from the movement of objects and changes in their positions Intermodal perception
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Cognitive Development The first two years
Perception • Perceptual constancy • the size or shape of an object remains the same despite changes in its appearance • Dynamic perception • arises from the movement of objects and changes in their positions • Intermodal perception • associating information from one sensory modality with information from another
Perception • Crossmodal perception • using information from one sensory modality to imagine something in another
Object permanence • The realization that objects and people exist, even when they cannot be sensed • example: Ball hidden behind parent’s back • Begins to develop around 4 months of age, much sooner than Piaget’s approximation
Sensorimotor Intelligence • Infants are active participants in their cognitive development, evidenced by use of their senses and motor skills to aquire knowledge • Jean Piaget’s first stage of Cognitive Development
Stage 1; reflexes (birth-1m) Stage 2: first acquired adaptations (1-4m) Stage 3: Procedures for Making Interesting sights last (4-8m) Stage 4: New Adaptation and anticipation (8-12) Stage 5: New Means Through Active Experimentation (12-18m) Stage 6: New Means Through mental combinations (18-24m) Stages of Sensorimotor Development
Further characteristics of infant learning • Goal Directed Behavior: • Purposeful action initiated by infants in anticipation of events that will fulfill their needs and wishes (Stage 4) • Little Scientist: • Active experimentation to learn about the properties of objects (Stage 5)
Language Development • Reflexive communication (newborn) • cries, movements, facial expressions • Cooing (3-6m) • lengthy vowel sounds with facial expressions a • Babbling (6-12m) • both consonant and vowel sounds, repetition • Holophrase (1 year) • one word sentences • Two-word sentences (two years)
Language terms • Underextension: a narrow use of a word, too specific • Overextension: a broad use of a word to include objects or people with common characteristics, too general • LAD: Learning Acquisition Devise • a theoretical brain organization responsible for language • Named by Noam Chomsky