Category: Cognitive Development

Abstract The issue of cognitive development is a highly complex one and is related to a lot of other fields of study. Thus, the given review of four articles shows that cognitive development may be predetermined by health-related problems like epilepsy, as well as extrinsic factors like the environment, or social factors like stress or…

The 21st Century has been characterised by a multicultural and diverse society (Cavaluzzi, 2010). The proportion of children taking English as a second language is also increasing tremendously. A survey carried out on London schools in 2000 showed that the children spoke more than 300 languages (Edwards, 2004). Statistics show that by 2010, one in…

The conservation tasks implied measuring whether the number of the objects and the length are the same while changing the parameters of the lines. In the case of the video “A typical child on Piaget’s conservation tasks”, the child is younger than seven years old. In this instance, the child changes his opinion after recalculating…

Table of Contents Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 References Article 1 The research by Dehaene et al. (2010) focuses on the correlation between cortical development and education. The study hypothesized that literacy positively contributes to the level of cortical organization. The researchers employed fMRI to establish the responses of the…

Abstract Human cognitive development has always been a subject of scientific interest. Currently, scholars prove that it is directly connected with the intellectual abilities of people. Cognitive neuroscience is a prominent step towards the understanding of human nature. Cognitive neuroscience employs functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to evaluate various neuron processes that occur in the…

Table of Contents Abstract Introduction The domain of cognitive development Some theories which address the domain My reasons for selecting the domain What I hope to learn about the domain My expectations about the domain’s evolution Conclusion References Abstract This paper identifies the domain that I will address in my final research paper. Three theories…

Table of Contents Introduction Cognitive Development Conclusion Reference Introduction Human development is an intriguing process that involves the integration of many factors. All these various factors are necessary to achieve full development. The factors involve interplay between, on the one hand, the genetic materials inherited from parents commonly referred to as nature and on the…

Human Cognitive Development The 2-years-old Charlie will use his senses and motor movements to play with flour while imitating what others are doing when mixing the flour in what is termed as acquiring direct knowledge of the world through trial and error learning. Owing to the fact that Charlie is completing the sensorimotor stage of…

It is important to note that cognitive development is a critical aspect of human development. It can be defined as a process of change in a person’s mental abilities and skills as he or she becomes more experienced and mature. In other words, thinking skills advance and enhance, making a child better at tackling more…

A basic assumption of cognitive development is that individuals create new knowledge in their goal-directed activities; in turn, new knowledge leads subjects to identify new goals. Empirical research on culture and cognitive development have been influenced by two constructivist treatments which differ in their description of the role of social processes in the development of…