Language & Cognitive Development MCHS 2013-2014 Psychology
I CAN... Evaluate how children begin to think communicate and solve issues with each other.
Language Development The Steps to learning language: 1. A person must learn to make signs both verbal and non-verbal. 2. They must learn the meaning of signs. 3. Then they must learn the grammar.
Cognitive Development Jean Piaget believed that intelligence develops gradually through a childs young years. Intellectual development involves: - Quantitative Changes: growth in the amount of info. - Qualitative Changes: differences in the manner of thinking.
Cognitive Development Cont. A schema is a conceptual Framework a person uses to make sense of the world. When events do not fit into an existing schema, a new schema is formed.
Object Permanence
Piaget Stages of Development
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Emotional Development Harlows Monkeys:
Anxiety in Infants
Patterns of Attachment