Reflection On Cognitive Development

The developmental theories can not be more evident than during the out of class assignment at the daycare facility. During this independent assignment, I was able to observe and interact with pre-school children in an environment that is both encouraging and facilitating to a child’s developmental growth. So, just as Piaget in his developmental theory believed that children takes an active role in the learning process, acting much like little scientists as they perform experiments, make observations, and learn about the world; the pre-school teachers allowed them to do just that. Indeed, the teachers at the day care provided room for the child to learn and explore while at the same time adhering to a structure that set boundaries and limitations. Thus, the pre-school children, begrudgingly, learns to follow a meticulous schedule of activities and rest.

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.” -C.S. Lewis. We all have had experiences that bring about growth and maturity; the clear line that separates us from childhood to adulthood. The shift from childhood to adulthood happened for me when I started having my own opinions and my own outlook on life. You can always be traced back into your life, in the events that shaped your perspective of the world.

I also discovered how differently I was raised, and how controlled I truly was. As we conversed in class about how several of us were bestowed a particular list of guidelines that controlled our lives. Similar to the list provided in “girl” on how to be a woman. Since many of our parents controlled our life plans by given each of us a list. In an attempt to guide each of us down the right path.

There has been much controversy over understanding the social aspects of cognitive development in children. Some of this controversy is revealed through the differing views that Piaget and Vygotsky had on the topic of learning amongst children. Piaget theorized that collaboration between same aged children, who are equal in understanding, promotes cognitive development. He theorized that when children engage in disagreement during problem solving this promoted more understanding of the topics at hand. In contrast, Vygotsky reasoned that collaboration between novice and experts would lead to intellectual growth.

Discuss the concept of ‘constructivism’ (from Piaget’s theory of cognitive development). Use a mix of theory and research to back up your ideas about whether or not the child constructs his/her own development.

Even though some people think studying child development is worthless, the way children reason is critical for teachers and caregivers to recognize. Over the summer I watched a child age three to four. Caregiving over summer is the reason, I choose age three to four. For this paper the child will be called Grace. Grace was similar to a little sister because my family has cared for her five days a week since she was two months old. This year she started attending preschool. We miss not seeing her five days a week but know she needs to transition into preschool. I studied human development during the summer. I learned about social cognition observable in in theory of mind, classification and

This paper is going to carry out a literature review on cognitive development in infants. The paper will review cognitive development in infants at different stages. Effects of early experience on mental development in infants will also be discussed. The research question and the hypothesis of the research will also be given.

Physical development means the growth and development of the body, the brain, the senses, the motor skills, and so on (OpenStax College, 2015). For example, a one-year-old child can walk and a four-year-old child can use scissors. This is the physical development. In addition, the development of breasts of girls during adolescence is also physical development.

development. Based on what you have learned do you feel like this is a stage that everyone goes through or do you feel like this is a process that only some experience? Explain. Your answer will be graded based on thoughtfulness and

In Study Guide (2017:4), it is stated that there are three perspectives that play a role in the development and learning processes:

The definition of cognitive is “Interest in environment, understanding of cause and effect, object permanence, habituation, etc...” At 6 months old based on my observations I believe J.J has some understanding of cognitive development. For instance, she knows when she cries she will get picked up. She does not have an understanding of object permanence or habituation yet. I tried to play peek-a-boo with her but did not get a reaction.

There are many different things that shape the cognitive development of children. To begin with cognitive development is when a child develops how to process, solve problems, and start making decisions. Once they have learned this they take everything they have learned into their adolescence. An example, of what can shape the cognitive development of a child can be an educational game. Educational games can be very useful in shaping a child’s development because they are having fun while learning at the same time and what kid doesn’t like to play games, the fact that it is even educational makes it even better for them. Not only are they having fun but there are many different games that help in different categories of development in

Motor development is essential to children development. The large motor skills are the gross motor skills that allows the child to use their large muscles such as throwing, running, and climbing. The gross motor skills allow children to combine skills that will allow the child to coordinate their movement. Fine motor skill are the small movements that children learn. These skills consist of picking up things such as a penny using the thumb and index finger which is known as the pincer grasp. Motor skills helps a child with physical activity. Cognitive development in children is important for children because it helps the child learn about the world and how it works. Kindergarten children learn based on watching, imitating, listening and asking

The three adaptive processes for cognitive development are assimilation, accommodation, and equilibrium. These are three agents

Leading up into the class I was both bit nervous and excited, since this was the first time in years that I haven’t taken a class outside of my particular major. As I was going through the course schedule, I had in my mind that I did not just want to take any old class just because I need it to graduate. So I came across developmental psychology and thought to myself that this would be a good fit because I enjoy learning about other people. Once class started, I was a little confused about how it the class was going to be, since I already had the thought in my head that I was going to be learning about people older in age. After understanding more about what I was going to learn from this class, I became much more excited because this is actually affecting me in my personal life now, as my wife is pregnant and due in December. I thought this was a great pre baby learning experience for myself, since each week I had the ability to learn everything from development, prenatal development, physical development, intelligence, temperament and attachment, gender role development, and development of the family.