1. Class Starter for 2/1/2010 Read p. 71 – How do children benefit from imaginary playmates? Did you ever have one?

2. Cognitive Development Intellectual development – Quantitative changes (amount of information) – Qualitative changes (differences in the manner of thinking) Schemas are created to understand the world – Mental representations – Assimilation New objects fit into schema – Accommodation Change schema to fit qualities of new object

3. Changes in Thinking Object permanence – Understanding an object exists even if not seen or able to touch it – 18- or 24- month old completely understand existence of object Representational thought – Ability to picture things in the mind Uses of symbols

4. Principle of Conservation Development of complex intellectual abilities emerge throughout childhood 5-7 yrs: understanding of conservation – A given quantity does not change when its appearance is changed – Egocentric thought prior to 5 yrs View and think about world from own perspective

5. Piaget’s stages of Cognitive Development Sensorimotor stage – schemas involving body and sensations Preoperational stage – Mental images/symbols used in understanding Concrete operations stage – Logical schemas used, limited to concrete objects or problems Formal operations – Solve abstract problems

6. Emotional Development: Animals Imprinting – Konrad Lorenz – Inherited responses exhibited by newborn animals when they encounter new stimuli – Critical period Time in development when new skills/behaviors are best learned

7. Emotional Development Human Infants Attachments formed ~6 months – Strong through 3 years Disruption to attachment bond – Stranger anxiety Upset/anxious even in presence of mom – Separation anxiety Sudden separation from mom – Mary Ainsworth Stranger Situation 3 patterns of attachment – Secure attachment – Avoidant attachment – Resistant attachment