PSY100H1 Chapter 10: Psychology Module 10
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Many parents turn to baby einstein line of books, toys and. Although they entertain the baby it is recommended that children under the age of 2 should not be watching tv at all. Furthermore, controlled studies have shown that dvd"s in question have no effect on vocabulary development. It turns out the amount of time parents spend reading to their infants is related to greater vocabulary comprehension and production. Jean piaget did just that observing ad testing his children"s ability from infancy onwards. His extensive personal project and theories resulted laid much of the ground work for the modern science of cognitive development- the study of change in memory, though and reasoning processes that occur throughout the life span. Piaget knowledge accumulates and is modified by two processes- assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation: is a conservative process whereby people fit new information in the belief system they already possess.
