Developmental Psychology

After taking a general look at psychology and some of its major theories, we will trace psychological thought about the human life by focusing on human development. We will look at models of human development put forward by Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic philosophers, Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lawrence Kohlberg, as well as a few others. Students will not only learn about psychology, they will also learn a lot about themselves.

Monday, October 17, 2005

Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development

  • When does learning start?
  • Learning
  • Babies begin learning in the womb!
  • Voice of Parents
  • Music associations
  • Reflexes (overhead)

Learning

  • Learning as Infants
  • Recognize form of human face shortly after birth
  • After one month can identify parents.
  • Pacifier study.

Sensorimotor Stage

Exploration of the environment through the senses and bodily movements.

  • Conscious control of reflexes
  • Sucking & grasping = first schemes.

Preoperational Stage

Representational thought = objects in the real world are represented in the mind by symbols, words, images and ideas.

  • Language.
  • Object permanence = the realization that things exist even when they are not directly sensed.
  • Means-End = the ability to create a goal and take steps to meet it.

posted by Jeffrey @ Monday, October 17, 2005

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