EDPE 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Child Development Stages, Motor Skill, Egocentrism
10 Oct 2016
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Development: changes occurring throughout the lifespan that are orderly and adaptive. Can be physical, cognitive, or social in nature. An important aspect of development is maturation, the genetically programmed aspects of development. Development proceeds in a somewhat orderly and predictable pattern. Development occurs via both spurts and plateaus. Development is continually affected by both nature and nurture. Learning involves changes in neurons and synapses. Development changes in the brain enable increasingly complex and efficient thought. Piaget was a swiss psychologist with a background in biology. He noticed age related similarities in how children attempted to solve certain tasks. He saw that within specific age ranges there were specific types of deficits and specific types of strengths in problem solving skills. Interaction with one"s physical and social environments is essential for cognitive development. The process of equilibration promotes progression toward increasingly complex thought. Cognitive development is stage like in nature.
