PSYC 251 Chapter 4: PSYC 251 – CHAPTER 4 TEXTBOOK

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 251
• Professor: Stanka A Fitneva

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Theories of cognitive development: developmental theories provide a framework for understanding important phenomena. Theories help reveal the significance of what we observe about children, both in research studies and in everyday life: developmental theories raise crucial questions about human nature, developmental theories lead to a better understanding of children. Theories also stimulate new research that may support the theories" claims, fail to support them, or require refinements of them, thereby improving our understanding of children. This chapter examines four theoretical perspectives on cognitive development that are particularly influential: the piagetian perspective, the information-processing perspective, the sociocultural perspective, the dynamic-systems perspective. Main questions addressed by theories of cognitive development. Nature-nurture, influence of the sociocultural context, how change occurs. Piaget"s observations and descriptions vividly convey the texture of children"s thinking at different stages. Constructivist: depicts children as constructing knowledge for themselves in response to their experiences. (cid:341)(cid:361)(cid:371)(cid:358)(cid:358) (cid:368)(cid:359) (cid:373)(cid:361)(cid:358) (cid:366)(cid:368)(cid:372)(cid:373) (cid:362)(cid:366)(cid:369)(cid:368)(cid:371)(cid:373)(cid:354)(cid:367)(cid:373) (cid:368)(cid:359) (cid:356)(cid:361)(cid:362)(cid:365)(cid:357)(cid:371)(cid:358)(cid:367)"(cid:372) (cid:356)(cid:368)(cid:367)(cid:372)(cid:373)(cid:371)(cid:374)(cid:356)(cid:373)(cid:362)(cid:375)(cid:358) (cid:369)(cid:371)(cid:368)(cid:356)(cid:358)(cid:372)(cid:372)(cid:358)(cid:372) (cid:297)(cid:354)(cid:356)(cid:356)(cid:368)(cid:371)(cid:357)(cid:362)(cid:367)(cid:360) (cid:373)(cid:368) p(cid:362)(cid:354)(cid:360)(cid:358)(cid:373)(cid:298) (cid:354)(cid:371)(cid:358) 1.