Cognitive neuroscience

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…

It refers to a cognitive bias whereby the perception of a particular trait is influenced by the perception of the former traits in a sequence of interpretations. In other words a key feature or traits of a person dominate his evaluation of the person as a whole. It is also…

In the book, Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson are able to showcase true life accounts of people that have made wrong decisions that were either unacceptable or completely terrible, who justified their actions as if they did nothing wrong. People do this because as humans, it is too complicated for us to admit that we have done something wrong, so instead we like to cover ourselves up with justifications. This then causes for the person to make the assumption…

Development of the human is a continuously ongoing process. This is true in the fact that a human begins to grow and mature from conception until death. It is seen in the rapid growth of a fetus to the wise words of our elders. However, one of the most critical periods of postpartum development occurs in childhood (Berk, 2014). Children are evolving on all of the multiple planes of human development and at a significant rate. And in that critical period of development, parents/legal guardians…

still used to help students learn grammar conventions (22). Secondly, Academic-initiation approaches integrate reading and writing, hold basic writer students to the same expectations as “regular” students, defined by discourse theories rather than cognitive view of error, have a three-step process of comprehension, interpretation, and application, and Bartholomae’s theory of academic socialization underlies these approaches. Thirdly, critical approaches focus on “reforming unjust relations of…

we qualifier the growth rate of Middle childhood? Middle childhood kids go through a slower rate of psychological development compare to early childhood children. However, they still go through the same types of developments including, physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. On October 10, 2015, I conducted an interview with Paola Bataba about her psychological development. Paola is 10 year old and is in fifth grade. Firstly, I interviewed Paola about her physical development. Paola has greatly…

Stanovich’s The Robot’s Rebellion delves deep into the world of evolutionary psychology, stating how modern society is stuck in a technologically run programme of sorts where we are all but robots stuck in a world revolved around our most primal cognitive abilities. In the introductory pages of this novel, Stanovich draws our attention to four notable theorists, among them, philosopher Daniel Dennett who refers to the implications that modern evolutionary theory will have on the twenty-first…

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…

youth has been able to gain/improve certain skills they would not have learned by doing other activities like playing outside or watching television. Some of the skills improved by playing videogames are: improving contrast sensitivity, gaining cognitive flexibility, and improving memory. Video games are helpful and fun to play, but every once in a while an individual has to go outside to stretch and catch some sun because playing too many video games can also be…

When I first attended the major match up, my goal was to keep an open mind. Possibly consider learning information about something I never thought I would consider doing. When I first walked in, I met with the woman running the human resources table. She asked me what I was interested in. I knew I wanted to work with kids. She explained how my interest in working with children can lead me into a variety of different directions. Have I ever considered teaching? How old do I want these kids to be?…