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At the age of two years old, the brain of a child has almost developed the same as the adult size while other parts of the child still have not grown as speedily as the brain. The growth of the brain extend the cognitive skills and motor skills (Pg 215). In the brain, there are two hemispheres; left and right. The right hemisphere controls the creative side while the left brain controls logical tasks. Surprisingly, there is a difference in lateralization for boys and girls. "Starting during the…

Lifespan development is the field of study that examines the pattern of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span. (Feldman, 2008). Life span development focuses on human development, physical development, cognitive development, personality development and social development. Physical development examines the ways in which the body’s makeup that includes; the brain, nervous system, muscles, and the need for food, drink, and sleep. (Feldman, 2008).…

3.) REASONS FOR THEIR INDUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT We have discussed who is a Child Soldier. Now, the more important question surfaces: Why do armed factions resort to use of children or why do children voluntarily enrol? The reasons for this are manifold. A.) INVOLUNTARY CONSCRIPTION First coming to the reasons to why Children are enrolled contrary to what they may wish. a.) The rebel groups more frequently resort to the use of child soldiers, as these groups often revolt against the current…

Jean Piaget, a Swiss developmental psychologist, pioneered the study of cognitive development in children. Piaget charted a developmental sequence of stages during which the child constructs increasingly complex notions of the world, and he described how the child acts at each level and how this activity leads to the next level. These four progressive stages of cognitive development are: the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the stage of concrete operations and the stage of formal…

The thinking between a 3 year-old preschooler and a 9-year-old student is very different, according to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking, problem solving, and memory. Jean Piaget developed his theory by observing infants and children. He believed that children form mental concepts or schemes as they experience new situations and events. He also believed that children first try to understand new things in terms of schemes they…

I had absolutely no previous knowledge about cognitive development prior to researching about it this week. I had never heard of Jean Piaget either, but I am glad that I did because his theory of cognitive development is very interesting. I learned that cognitive development is the development of the thinking and organizing parts of the brain and it involves language, reasoning, problem solving, and memory. Piaget was the first psychologist to make a study of cognitive development. Before his…

i. Physical  Gross Motor Mila did a lot of movements in the Baby Day as an active toddler. She explored the lawn are a lot, and she moved from one spot to another one several times. In addition, she threw the red ball frequently to different directions, and after she threw it, she would get it and returned it to her mother. Moreover, she tried to bring the big basket to her mother. Also, when she saw the guy played the guitar, she tried to dance. All of these big muscle movements are gross…

have/do certain things (eg. Object Permanence, imitate facial expressions, take another’s perspective, pass a conservation task etc. Cognitive development describes the growth of cognitive abilities and capacities from birth to old age (Colman, 2009). Jean Piaget’s four stages cognitive-developmental theory (Piaget, 1962) is widely regarded as the most detailed explanation of child development (Carlson et al., 2004). This essay will assess the strengths and weaknesses of Piaget’s theory and…

Lawrence Kohlberg Research Paper Lawrence Kohlberg is a psychologist that explored how an individual develops moral reasoning. Through his career he started as a developmental psychologist and then moved to moral education, where he focused more on ethics, linguistics, anthropology, and cognitive psychology. His well-known contribution to psychology is his stages of moral development, where he formulated his own theory through Piaget’s previous work. The theory was to explain the basic…

the development of students. Such suggestions may come from the theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Despite their differing views in cognitive development, both have contributed to the improvement of teaching methods and as a future educator, I plan to use both elements as resources to my teaching methods. Lev Vygotsky introduced what is known as Social Development Theory. Vygotsky differs from theorists such as Jean Piaget, in that his theories stress the role of social interaction and…