CH6
11. Assimilation occurs when children uses existing schemes to identify new information or experiences. An example of this is when a child learn the word car and what the object relates to. At first the child could call motorcycles and trucks cars to. Accommodation occurs when children adjust their schemes to take in new information and experiences. An examples of this follows after assimilation. The child from above soon learns that motorcycles and trucks are not the same as cars.
12. A primary circular reaction occurs when an infant attempts to repeat an action that occurred by chance. This reaction is centered on the infants own body. In contrast, a secondary circular reaction occurs around 8 and 12 months of age, this reaction is object oriented and not self-oriented. An example of this is when an infant picks up a rattle and continually repeats the …show more content…
Object permanence is the understanding that an object exit it’s; even when you cannot see, hear, or touch them. Piaget believed that, object permanence, is one of an infant’s most important accomplishments. Balliargeon studied Piaget’s theory, and concluded that infants develop object permanence and causality much earlier than first thought.
14. The core knowledge approach sides with nature verses nurture. Spelke argues that infants would not be able to grasps the complex world we live in; if they were not born with a core set of knowledge. A critic of this theory is Johnson. I agree with Johnson because I feel that the infant’s environment plays a huge role in their cognitive development. When infants are young they are learning from their environment what is right or wrong. An example is when a baby puts an object in their mouth, and their mother tells them no.
15. Joint attention is important in the infant’s development, and focuses on the same object or event. Joint attention requires the ability to track another person’s behavior, one person directing another’s attention, and reciprocal