Theory of cognitive development

Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development is relevant to social work practice. The theory reiterates the importance of society and culture for promoting cognitive development. The theory is relevant on the application to client situation, research supports the theory, the theory coincides with social work values and ethics, and the existence and validity of other comparable theories. Vygotsky emphasize that the individual’s development is a product of cultural influence. Thus, thinking begins…

Introduction Both cognitive psychologists and philosophers have been interested in cognitive development. The aim of this paper is to examine the developmental theories of Piaget, Vygotsky and Burner as they contend with cognitive development. Also, these theories are quite different from each other. John Piaget Swiss development psychologist John Piaget (1896-1980) was one of the first people to examine cognitive development systematically. Piaget proposed that children are born with a…

Behaviorism is a theory of animal and human learning that only focuses on objectively observable behaviors and discounts mental activities. Theorists define learning as nothing more than the acquisition of new behavior. Theorists identify conditioning as a universal learning process that can be measured. Cognitivism focuses on the “brain”. How humans process and store information in the process of learning. Is the perspective in change in mental representations and associations brought by…

Contemporary Psychologists Jean Piaget- Mostly known for the theory of cognitive development in children, Jean Piaget revealed the differences between the processes of thinking in children and adults. From his series of tests to reveal different cognitive abilities, he concluded that children were born with basic mental structure inherited from their parents. Teachers and school systems were influences by the 4 stages of cognitive ability that explained the behaviors of children. His…

The topic of cognitive development is one that has been debated for many years and continues to be a topic of discussion in the present time. It has been proven that humans cannot develop optimally in isolation, we are said to be social beings designed to increase in our capabilities through interacting with our environment and the people present in in it (Vygotsky, 1978). Hence this essay aims to explain why Vygotsky’s theory is relevant in culture- rich South Africa. Lev Vygotsky’s Social…

on the Cognitive-Emotional Theory of language development. The relationship between cognition and emotional development can be traced back to Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, and Selma Fraiberg. Current proponents for this theory include child psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan and his colleague Serena Wieder (Nelson, 2010). This theory acknowledges that nature and nurture cannot be individually accepted as the sole influence for language acquisition, but rather their combined interaction. This theory also…

until age 24 (Mc Neely & Blanchard, 2009). Theorist and scientist - such Erickson’s psychosocial stage theory, Freud’s psychosexual stage theory, Kohlberg's moral understanding stage theory, Piaget's cognitive development stage theory, Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory- worked to describe the rapid change and transition in different aspects in the kids growth. This changes in body, cognitive, emotion…

Describe the information-processing theory of cognitive development. According to K. Berger (2008), the information-processing theory is a “vew of cognition as comparable to the functioning of a computer and as best understood by analyzing each aspect o the functioning” (pg 310). The information-process are comprised of three important components, sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory. The sensory memory is the component that allows stimulas information to be stored for a split…

study of cognitive development. Born in end of 1869 and died in 1934 he was the leader of developmental psychology, education, and child development in his short thirty-five years. Moreover, Jean Piaget was born in 1896 and died in 1980 during those eighty-four years he made drastic leaps in psychology and childrens’ development. Even though both men were born during the same year and they studied the same subjects their beliefs and theories differed greatly. Before Piaget’s theories it was…

learning different concepts and theories regarding the the field of child development there Piaget’s cognitive - developmental theory and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory are to theories that we can’t deny have a huge impact on the field of child development. With that being said we will get into both their similarities and differences in specific aspects such as whether development within humans is continuous or discrete etc. But first we will discuss the overall theories of each, we will…