Cognitive development

1) Using Piaget's Cognitive Development theory, why do 5-year-olds think like Miriam? Analyze Miriam's thought process as related to Cognitive Developmental concepts (30 pts). Piaget's cognitive theory states that, "Thoughts and expectations profoundly affect attitudes, beliefs, values, assumptions, and actions" (The Developing Person, pg. 47). In Piaget's theory, two to six-year-old's think symbolically, with language, yet children are very egocentric and can only perceive things from their…

The focus of this case study is Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development. Piaget’s Theory states that children learn to think and problem solve in stages, mostly based on age. I observed a 2-year-old child who I will call “Sarah” to test his theory. I have known Sarah all my life, she is my sister. Based on Sarah’s age, I observed to see if she fell into Piaget’s Preoperational Stage of Cognitive Development. To determine this I answered the following questions: Does Sarah understand that an…

The Development of Personality Personality is who we are as people. Our personalities determine how we act, react and how we interact with and/or respond to the world. What is personality? A set of stable characteristics is our personality, which is a set of traits that begins with genetic plans and is completed as those plans are expressed by physical growth in the brain as it develops in response to the demands of the environment. This brain growth is carried out in a series steps called…

Tom and Max are both experiencing cognitive development issues, which are affecting their success at school. Tom is struggling with paying attention in class and his cognitive load capacity is lower than other children his age. On the other hand, Max has poor executive functioning skills and struggles to plan and organise himself. The information processing theory may be able to explain why Max and Tom are doing poorly at school. According to this theory, working memory is where thinking occurs…

Observation 2 of a Preschooler’s Cognitive and Language Development I observed a 43 month-old child whose name is Maddy and her birthdate is 3/30/12. I observed Maddy at the Child Development Lab (CDL) on October 15, 2015, from 9:20-10:30 a.m. The child wore a light brown shirt and jeans. She has blonde hair, brown eyes, and is Caucasian. She seems to be average height and weight compared to the other children in the classroom. I used a running record type of observation.…

A child’s abilities associated with memory, reasoning, problem solving and thinking are all a part of their cognitive development. Jean Paget, created an idea that children go through four steps of cognitive development. Up until a child reaches the age of two they are learning through their senses, reflexes and the way the manipulate materials. (Mooney, 2013 p.81) It is said that young children are just trying to find understanding in the world around them. Toddlers like to have a routine,…

Three Main Principles of Piaget’s Theory Piaget’s theory of cognitive development was based on three main principles which are assimilation, accommodation and equilibration First it is important to define the term ‘schema’. Schema is a cognitive representation of activities or things (Oakley 2004). For example, when a baby is born it will have an automatic response for sucking in order to ensure that it can feed and therefore grow (Oakley 2004). As the baby grows, this schema will become…

beginning to have a relationship with one of her peers, Nick. The impact of the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional forces, in addition her family relationship, socioeconomic status, ethnic background and family dynamic have influenced Lindsay throughout this stage of her development. Forces of Development The three forces of development, which include physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional,…

regarding the four developmental domains: physical, cognitive, social, and emotional. The first instance of physical development was in observation two when children were playing outside. Children were climbing the playground and running around in the play area. Children should be encouraged to run around while outside, if they aren’t then children are antsy in times when they need to be quiet and still. The second instance of physical development was found in observation five, when children…

Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg is best known for his dissertation for his masters where he observed the differences in morality in children during their developing years. This was a sharp contrast to Cognitive development and Behavior development, which were the popular sciences of the time amongst Psychologists. His experiments and observations, however, would help fill in missing gaps in previous theories, and open up a whole new field of study. History Lawrence Kohlberg was born on October 25, 1927…