Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood: Schemas, Object Permanence, and Egocentrism

1. Chapter 3:Infancy and Childhood Mr. McCormick Psychology

2. Do-Now:(Discussion) • What are schemas? How do they help us understand the world? • Describe the mental process of assimilation. Provide one example. • Describe the mental process of accommodation. Provide one example.

3. Cognitive Development • Object Permanence: • A child’s realization that an object exists even when he or she cannot see or touch it • Representational Thought: • The intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind

4. Cognitive Development • Conservation: • The principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance is changed (e.g. liquid in a tall narrow glass vs. short wide glass)

5. Cognitive Development • Egocentric: • A young child’s inability to understand another person’s perspective

6. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development • Sensorimotor: • Birth-2 years • Simple motor responses • Lacks object permanence • Preoperational: • 2-7 years • Object Permanence • Representational Thought • Egocentrism • Lacks conservation

7. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development • Concrete Operations: • 7-11 years • Understands Conservation • Difficulties with abstract ideas/hypothetical concepts • Formal Operations: • 11 years-onward • Understands abstract ideas • Logical and Deductive reasoning

8. Review • Provide one example of the following: • Object Permanence • Representational Thought • Conservation • Egocentrism • What types of changes occur during each of Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development? • Sensorimotor • Preoperational • Concrete Operations • Formal Operations

9. Homework • Read Chapter 3.2 “Cognitive and Emotional Development” • Pgs. 70-77 • Complete Section 2 Assessment • Pg. 77 • #s 1,3