Cognitive Observation 2
During the first twelve months of life newborns are initiating cause and effect. While, there is no such thing as two infants developing in exactly the same way, there are milestones that young children should reach by certain ages in order to determine growth. As they begin to relate to their immediate surroundings, infants initiate behaviors that establish cognitive development by way of their developing senses (hearing, taste, smell etc.). This is known as, the Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development. According to the text book, Young Children with Special Needs, Sixth Edition, an infant’s earliest behaviors are “reflective in nature” (Hooper & Umansky, 311). They pay attention to repetition, are attracted …show more content…
As the weeks pass, babies will have an increased attention span and realize that they can trigger situations to occur that require primary circular reactions, that is, “A repeated action that has been done reflectively or by chance” (Hooper & Umansky, 313). Memory is an essential tool to cognitive growth. As indicated by, psychologist Jean Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development, towards the end of the sensorimotor stage, infants will experience what is known as, Object Permanence. Object Permanence is recognizing that an object exist even if it is openly out of sight. In the video clip, Failing Object Permanence (https://youtu.be/rVqJacvywAQ), the baby is unable to keep track of the toy. Every time the adult hides the toy, the baby does not know which cloth the toy is under or where to look for it. Even though, the toy is right in front of her she cannot differentiate one hiding spot from the other. This mental process, as maintained by Piaget, requires the ability to form “schemas” of the object. A schema is, “The organization of an experience within the mind that organizes the way we perceive cognitively to an object, complex situation, or set of stimuli” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schema). Perception is an infant’s way of connecting with …show more content…
They study their world through basic movements, such as, grasping and sucking or by observing movements and sounds. They begin to realize that their own actions can cause things to happen in the world around them as they initiate to interact and discover. Learning for this group occurs via assimilation and modification. Now, in the preoperational stage kids learn through pretend play, but still struggle with logic and taking the point of view of others. Children at this stage are learning to think symbolically and use pictures and words to represent objects, Also, even though these children are getting better with language and reasoning children in this period tend to still think in a very concrete
During the first twelve months of life newborns are initiating cause and effect. While, there is no such thing as two infants developing in exactly the same way, there are milestones that young children should reach by certain ages in order to determine growth. As they begin to relate to their immediate surroundings, infants initiate behaviors that establish cognitive development by way of their developing senses (hearing, taste, smell etc.). This is known as, the Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development. According to the text book, Young Children with Special Needs, Sixth Edition, an infant’s earliest behaviors are “reflective in nature” (Hooper & Umansky, 311). They pay attention to repetition, are attracted …show more content…
As the weeks pass, babies will have an increased attention span and realize that they can trigger situations to occur that require primary circular reactions, that is, “A repeated action that has been done reflectively or by chance” (Hooper & Umansky, 313). Memory is an essential tool to cognitive growth. As indicated by, psychologist Jean Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development, towards the end of the sensorimotor stage, infants will experience what is known as, Object Permanence. Object Permanence is recognizing that an object exist even if it is openly out of sight. In the video clip, Failing Object Permanence (https://youtu.be/rVqJacvywAQ), the baby is unable to keep track of the toy. Every time the adult hides the toy, the baby does not know which cloth the toy is under or where to look for it. Even though, the toy is right in front of her she cannot differentiate one hiding spot from the other. This mental process, as maintained by Piaget, requires the ability to form “schemas” of the object. A schema is, “The organization of an experience within the mind that organizes the way we perceive cognitively to an object, complex situation, or set of stimuli” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schema). Perception is an infant’s way of connecting with …show more content…
They study their world through basic movements, such as, grasping and sucking or by observing movements and sounds. They begin to realize that their own actions can cause things to happen in the world around them as they initiate to interact and discover. Learning for this group occurs via assimilation and modification. Now, in the preoperational stage kids learn through pretend play, but still struggle with logic and taking the point of view of others. Children at this stage are learning to think symbolically and use pictures and words to represent objects, Also, even though these children are getting better with language and reasoning children in this period tend to still think in a very concrete