Developmental Psychology

I found it interesting that at age 2 we have learned around 1,000 words and have developed them into our vocabulary. Thinking about it, it's hard to believe that I know 1,000 words now. I know I do, but probably couldn't list them all. We talked about assimilation vs. accommodation and it reminded me of my little cousin. My little cousin is 4 years old. I remember the first person, besides his parents, that he came to recognize was superman. He loved watching him on television and had all his clothing. One day, I was with him and we were watching a cartoon on tv. He didn't like the show we were watching so I changed the channel. There was a blue figure on this channel, who wasn't superman, who my little cousin convinced himself was superman. I thought that represented assimilation. Even though I broke his heart, I had to tell him that the man on tv was not superman. That was the accommodation.