HKR 2300 Chapter 2: HKR2300 - Chapter 2
14 Feb 2017
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Cognitive and motor development: evolution of domains. Categorizing human behaviour into domains evolved because it is useful in organizing and simplifying the study of human development: cognitive and motor development interact continually throughout the lifespan as they reciprocally inhibit or facilitate each other. Psychomotor or motor: psychomotor: interaction between mind (psycho) and movement (motor) Stimulus comes from higher brain centers: motor. Jean piaget and cognitive development: swiss psychologist interested in the process of thinking, established the clinical method of research, collected data in question and answer sessions. Formal operational: early to mid-adolescence, 11- 12 years. All children follow the sequence in order. Rate and degree of completion may differ. A way of adjusting to the demands of the environment. Process by which children attempt to interpret new experiences based upon their present interpretation of the world. Children try to interpret new experiences based on their present interpretation of the world. Child tries to grab a large ball with one hand.
