Theory of cognitive development

Lawrence Kohlberg explain the moral development of children, which he believed follows a series of stages. According to the theory, moral reasoning develops in six stages, each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than the he work of Jean Piaget. Kohlberg also defined three levels of moral development which is the Pre-Conventional, Conventional, and Post-conventional and each level has two distinct stages. The six stages of Kolhberg’s moral development 1. Pre-Conventional Morality A…

Human and animals share an important number of characteristics, but only human are capable of developing a feature which allows them to produce speech. This capability is the main center of attention to Noam Chomsky and Leonard Bloomfield, both linguists have a completely different point of view. Nevertheless, they agree that language can be developed from childhood so the linguists generated some theoretical assumptions in order to understand how human achieves language acquisition. Chomsky…

Babies grow at a remarkably fast rate during their first two years of life, during the Infancy stage. In these first two years gross and fine motor skills develop rapidly. During the first month, most of a baby's behavior is reflexive. There are four major reflexes that babies begin to develop. The first are mouthing reflexes, the sucking and swallowing reflexes being the most important. A baby will automatically initiate sucking when their mouth region is touched. The rooting reflex is when a…

During my observation at Gorse Children's Center, there is a clear theme that I observe among children during their play time. The differences in temperament differentiate children and their playing strategies. In this report, I will discuss the two types of personality, High Activity, and Low Activity. I will compare how three children in the age of 4-5 I observed chose their group play, interact with toys and peers differently because of distinct temperaments. Low Activity personality can be…

1. Adolph and Robinson argue that there are not universal stages of walking because every infant is different. The authors assert that development is a nonlinear process that can occur with a variety of precursors, with some precursors occurring simultaneously. They make a great point by stating that the stages are simply precursors, not prerequisites. A precursor is an event that may or may not precede walking, whereas a prerequisite would be a required action that is necessary for learning to…

Middle/Late Childhood The developmental stage of middle/late childhood occurs when a child is between nine and eleven years old. In this stage, children are off at school, further developing their cognitive, physical, and social/emotional processes. School helps foster cognitive development in middle/late childhood because children are learning new skills and applying them in school and on tests. Jean Piaget suggested that children in this stage go through what he calls the Concrete-Operational…

majority of my observations thus far. In the preschool I was beginning to understand how the different of components of the preschool all had concepts of phycology through all aspects of the classroom. During my time I saw how Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, how students handled new information through various methods, and Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective are incorporated through different sections of the classroom. The classroom was based that learning should not be a structured…

Analysis: Facial Mimicry In 6-7-Year-Olds Misael Alvarado Jr Keiser University Analysis: Facial Mimicry In 6-7-Year-Olds The article “Facial Mimicry in 6-7-Year-Old Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorder and ADHD” is a study by a group of researchers (Peter Deschamps, Nicolette Munsters, Leon Kenemans, Dennis Schutter, Walter Matthys) who aim to find the prevalence of facial mimicry, defined as a response of emotion that is brought upon by the another’s emotional state, in children between…

In a few years I plan to go to college, get married, and have children in a traditional way. I do not like the way that A Brave New World in which science and the government would have control over my life and what I do. In the futuristic novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley illustrates ways in which science and government control society with family, religion, and emotions. In the book, Science has replaced the family unit and the Government controls how people are brought into the world.…

his own act in it. Erik Erikson, a developmental psychologist, stated the first stage of human development is one of the major key factors in the development of a child. However, Antwone Fisher was not granted that part of life due to the death of his father and the incarceration of his mother; he lacked the care and love only parents can provide. His story began at the earliest stage of his development, to early childhood, through adolescence, and into adulthood; including reports from the…