PSY 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Rattan, Centrality, Frontal Lobe
10 Sep 2015
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Chapter 4: theories of cognitive development: why developmental theories, provides a framework for understanding important phenomena, crucial questions about human race are raised, motivate new research studies that lead to a better understanding of children. Why not just one theory: child development is a complex/varied process; no single theory accounts for all of it. Theories of cognitive and social development for example, focus on different capabilities: piaget"s theory: 4 parts: Part a: view of children"s nature: jean piaget"s theory remains the standard against which all other theories are judged. Often labeled constructivist because it depicts children as constructing knowledge of themselves: children are seen as: Piaget believed that nature/nurture interact to yield cognitive development: adaptation: the tendency to respond to the demands of the environment to, organization: the tendency to integrate particular observations to coherent meet one"s goals knowledge. Sources of continuity: 3 processes work together from birth to propel development forward into a form they can understand.
