Cognitive Development Cognition, the act of obtaining knowledge, understanding it, recognizing it, and remembering the information, is one of the characteristics that make us human. Problem solving is another category that falls under cognition and we use it daily. Along with problem solving is language. Language is the act of placing insignificant syllables together to communicate with one another. Developmental cognition is directly related to how we perceive language and when we are able to express needs and thoughts coherently. There are two separately grouped researchers, Bronfenbrenner and Super & Harkness, who view cognitive development differently. Noted in the text, one Bronfenbrenner’s most influential work is the ecological model.
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Bronfenbrenner believes that the environment influences one’s behavior and activities. When reading the chapter on Culture, Language, and Cognition, many studies compared the cognitive development with the place in which they live. The different parenting styles, acceptable behaviors, and values within cultures either promote or delay an infants’ cognitive development. The ecological model divides the environment into four different nested systems. The first is microsystem, the environment closest to the child, family, day-care. The second layer is the mesosystem, which is the separation between the microsystem and exosystem. The exosystem is defined as the environment beyond the child’s immediate environment. The next system is the macrosystem, which allows the child to identify attitudes of their culture. Chronosystem is the last system, which is the transition over the life course. The most crucial years to form cognitive processes mostly are within the microsystem. Family, peers, and teachers make a great impact on language and critical thinking and …show more content…
Aspects which influence this component include: 1) the family members the child interacts with 2) the size and shape of living quarters 3) presence of many generations. The physical and social setting of a child’s daily life influences cognitive development in several ways. Most importantly, children learn by imitating or modeling another person. Having the same company and seeing routines may help with cognitive development. For instance, they may learn how to brush their teeth and then at a later time understand why the task must be done. The presence of multiple generations may influence more knowledge. The textbook mentions that children in Africa and even those of Japanese families developed sensorimotor skills at an earlier age. More people surrounding the infant instill a sense of dependency since they are rarely playing
Bronfenbrenner believes that the environment influences one’s behavior and activities. When reading the chapter on Culture, Language, and Cognition, many studies compared the cognitive development with the place in which they live. The different parenting styles, acceptable behaviors, and values within cultures either promote or delay an infants’ cognitive development. The ecological model divides the environment into four different nested systems. The first is microsystem, the environment closest to the child, family, day-care. The second layer is the mesosystem, which is the separation between the microsystem and exosystem. The exosystem is defined as the environment beyond the child’s immediate environment. The next system is the macrosystem, which allows the child to identify attitudes of their culture. Chronosystem is the last system, which is the transition over the life course. The most crucial years to form cognitive processes mostly are within the microsystem. Family, peers, and teachers make a great impact on language and critical thinking and …show more content…
Aspects which influence this component include: 1) the family members the child interacts with 2) the size and shape of living quarters 3) presence of many generations. The physical and social setting of a child’s daily life influences cognitive development in several ways. Most importantly, children learn by imitating or modeling another person. Having the same company and seeing routines may help with cognitive development. For instance, they may learn how to brush their teeth and then at a later time understand why the task must be done. The presence of multiple generations may influence more knowledge. The textbook mentions that children in Africa and even those of Japanese families developed sensorimotor skills at an earlier age. More people surrounding the infant instill a sense of dependency since they are rarely playing