Cognitive psychology

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…

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…

Our definitional model of consciousness states that consciousness cannot be explicitly measured, however is biologically rooted and dependent on the brain. Although consciousness is cognitive and internal, it is developed through social interactions with others as well as social reflections on those interactions. In this way consciousness is a social construction that is rooted in, and dependent on, cultural grounding and context (Lutz 1992, Sandstrom 2010). This ‘awareness of awareness’ is…

I was told my biological development was normal during this period. I started walking when I was around 1 year old. My cognitive development at this stage could have been affected because my dad worked long hours and came home and had to raise three children, so my school work was never focused on. School work was never really something I was told to do. My social development…

As a teacher, the number one goal for my students is to see development. The main development that educators want to see is cognitive development. Cognitive development is more than filling student’s minds with facts, but the development of higher mental functions (WOOLFOLK 63). As a teacher, there are different principles of development that are crucial to keep in mind. They are that, people develop at different rates, development is relatively orderly, and development takes place gradually…

have access to such resources. Some research supports the theory that low SES “manifest poor cognitive performance” (Kaplan et al., 2001). In addition, past research has evidenced that there is a correlation between low socioeconomic status and low achievement in school. Achievement is a broad yet complex product of the interaction between cognition and brain development (Noble et al., 2015). Poor cognitive development may promote developmental delays that makes it hard for some students to…

that includes three different experiments.[1] However, the effect was first published in 1929 in Germany, and its roots can be followed back to works of James McKeen Cattell andWilhelm Maximilian Wundt in the nineteenth century.As is true for the cognitive literature in general (cf. MacLeod, 1991), the Stroop effect is a mainstay of research on age-related…

recall. A schema is the mental representation of an object, person, events or actions developed from our past knowledge of the world; it allows us to make broad generalizations on how things work around us. This is important as schemas affect our cognitive processes, and heavily integrated into our daily lives as they’re used to organise information, assist with memory recall, predict likely occurrences, and allow us to make sense of new information. Schemas are mental processes within the brain…

Subjects were diagnosed and placed into one of the three following categories- subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) and MCI, mild AD, and moderate AD. Participants then performed a series of cognitive assessments followed by balance assessments. Their balance was evaluated using the BESTest which is split into six subgroups- anticipatory postural adjustments, biomechanical constraints, stability…

Human Growth & Development: Summer 2016 Midterm Exam 1. Chapter 1 discusses several theories of development (the psychoanalytic perspective, the learning perspective, the cognitive perspective, etc.). Summarize the perspective you found most interesting. Then, discuss the three main controversies among developmental theorists according to your text. (250-word minimum; 13 points) John B. Watson’s approach focused on observing behavior only. It had nothing to do with thought, fantasies, or…