DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
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schema
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object permanence
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representational thought
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assimilation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most people can readily conjure images inside their head-known as their mind’s eye. But this year scientists have described a condition, aphantasia, in which some people are unable to visualise mental images. Niel Kenmuir, from Lancaster, has always had a blind mind’s eye.
Detailed explanation-2: -hyperphantasia (uncountable) (psychology, pathology) A condition where one’s mental imagery (the mind’s eye) is extremely realistic, to the point of confusion with reality.
Detailed explanation-3: -For example, when someone arrives at the belief that their floor needs sweeping, the representational theory of mind states that they form a mental representation that represents the floor and its state of cleanliness.
Detailed explanation-4: -mental groupings of objects, events, or people that share common features are called: concepts.