Journey of the brain-Birth to late adulthood Child development is crucial throughout the early years‚ during this time the development of the brain occurs and continues through late adulthood. The development of the brain contributes to the functioning of the body. The anatomy of the brain is made up of neurons and divided into four different lobes. The temporal‚ frontal‚ parietal‚ and occipital lobes control a variety of cognitive functions (Santrock‚ 2013). The
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Homework 3: Middle Childhood Development Middle childhood is the period of life between the years of 6 to 12‚ were children are going to school‚ making friends outside their family mastering new physical and mental abilities and also becoming more and more independent. During these years the child also faces new challenges that it can be both stressful for the parents and child leading to having an effect on the child’s development. While looking back to my childhood pictures I was able to
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Jean Piaget and cognitive development. Cognitive development is the study of a child ’s development in terms of factors such as information processing‚ language acquisition and conceptual resources. A part of both neuroscience and psychology‚ cognitive development is concerned with understanding how a child negotiates meaning when first faced with the world‚ and how that meaning changes as the child becomes more communicative on a verbal level with other individuals. Key questions in this field
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development due to these junk foods. That is one of many reasons why puberty has extended to the mid twenties. According to ‚“How Nutrition Affects your Brain”‚ by Monica Reinagel‚ MS‚ LD/N‚ CNS‚ the brain needs a number of different nutrients to develop properly. It has been proven that‚ “a healthy diet does seem to delay or protect against age-related cognitive decline” (“How Nutrition Affects your Brain” 2). If a healthy diet delays against cognitive decline‚ the same concept should apply to the
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Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development Adolescence is considered the developmental state between childhood and adulthood. It generally refers to the period from ages 12 through 18. (Sprinthall & Collins‚ 1987). This period of an individual’s life is often starts with puberty. It can also be characterized and associated with psychological‚ social‚ and biological changes. Psychologists focus on physiological change‚ cognitive development‚ and identity formation when dealing with adolescence
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into teens and adults in the future. The challenges start with physical changes and boys will have different changes from the girls.The girls at this age might start their menstrual cycle‚ known as a period ; and the boys might go through physical development such as deeper voice. As they socialize with friends and peers the pressure from them will increase as they try to fit into the crowd of popular group. These peer pressure start early‚ depending on the trend it might be slightly different‚ but the
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The term cognitive development refers to the process of developing intelligence and higher level thinking that allows a person to acquire problem-solving skills from the age of infancy through adulthood. A Swiss philosopher by the name of Jean Piaget took an interest in in developmental psychology; specifically in children during infancy through pre-adolescence. This model developed by Piaget still has a modern-day relevancy. Contributions to Learning and Cognition Piaget made a considerable contribution
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throughout an entire lifespan. More particularly‚ Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson were prominent theorists who had an immense impact on psychosocial development and early childhood education. Both theorists studied and focused on diverse‚ yet particular developmental stages. Erik Erikson’s assumptions involved the eight stages of psychosocial development. Moreover‚ his theory concentrates and describes the developmental stages across the lifespan. Though Erikson’s theory was developed years after Piaget’s
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Taniya Moon September 19‚ 2014 Child Development 101 Cognitive Theory One of the first people to have a cognitive theory about development was scientist Jean Piaget. When Piaget did an IQ test on children he figured out something to look at differently about development: how the children thought as they came up with their answers was more important than what they actually knew. “In the cognitive theory equilibrium‚ a state of mental balance in which people are not confused because they can use
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theories of Piaget and Vygotsky‚ this reflective statement will explore my learning journey of playing the guitar and a challenge I faced with my development explaining the impact it had with reference to the chosen theories. Jean Piaget and Lev Semanovich Vygotsky were two of the most influential theorists that contributed to how we view cognitive development today. Piaget was born in 1896 in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland to a father who was a scientist and a mentally ill mother. Like his father‚ this led
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