Theories of cognitive development: Assignment one. ‘Compare and contrast the cognitive theories of the theorists – Piaget‚ Vygotsky & Bruner‚ criticising the basis of each theory’ This essay will be comparing and contrasting the cognitive theories and approaches of Piaget‚ Vygotsky and Bruner. The cognitive approach is based on how as individuals process information‚ past experiences‚ memory and perception. A definition of cognition is “how we consider information that we perceive from our
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Perspective Theories in Cognitive Development Cognitive function deals with the processes of the mind to know‚ to think‚ to learn and to judge. Its development is generally based on a variety of interweaving factors like genetics and learning through experience. Cognitive psychology has been an area of great interest over the centuries since understanding the cognitive process has been able to raise the standards of human interaction. There were a number of breakthrough studies that have
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understand the cognitive development theory and how it applies to individuals. Cognitive development is basically how the thought process begins. It is the way that people learn and how mental processes become elaborate and develop. These processes include remembering things‚ making decisions‚ and also solving problems. In order for a teacher to be effective‚ one must understand how children develop mentally so that each student can be accommodated in the classroom. There are many theories regarding
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Saad Bennani Social Cognitive Theory Application Report a. Description of your theory Originally coined from the social learning theory‚ the social cognitive theory (SCT)‚ evolved to better suit the knowledge of the time of “human information processing capacities”‚ and “biases that influence learning from experience‚ observation‚ and symbolic communication.” SCT can be divided into five sub-category constructs‚ which group the key concepts. (a) Psychological Determinants of Behavior: This
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Jean Piaget: The second theory I am going to investigate is Jean Piaget’s cognitive theory. Jean Piaget (1896 -1980) was the first psychologist to make a systematic of cognitive development‚ his theory of cognitive child development assistance “us” in understanding children of cognitive development. Piaget believed that babies are born with reflexes (innate schemas). For example‚ when the babies are born‚ they have a sucking reflex‚ they will suck a nipple‚ dummy or a finger. Similarly the grasping
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Cognitive Dissonance is a psychological discomfort caused by inconsistency among a person’s belief‚ attitudes‚ and or actions. There are three hypotheses that explain the theory. The first hypothesis is selective exposure which is the tendency to avoid information inconsistent with one’s belief and attitudes. One only accepts information that is consistent with their own thoughts. Hypothesis two is post-decision dissonance; which are close call decisions and can affect a decision one makes. And
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Leon Festinger created the cognitive dissonance theory as an attempt to explain why people desire to have consistency between their behaviors and actions. Cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know‚ or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold (Festinger‚ 1957; as cited in Griffin‚ 2009). Thus‚ people are motivated to change either their behavior or their belief when feelings of dissonance
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A cognition can be considered as a belief (for example‚ if you like watching movies then this is a cognition). The cognitive dissonance theory states that if there is a discrepancy – an aversive emotional state – between our beliefs and behaviors‚ we are likely to experience inconsistency between these two cognitions. For instance‚ if you smoke‚ despite knowing that smoking is harmful‚ then this may result in cognitive dissonance. Furthermore‚ the college students who put themselves through hazing
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Social Cognitive Theory Social Cognitive Theory Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory is the framework for learning‚ based on the relationship between behavior‚ personal factors‚ and factors in the environment (Institute for Dynamic Educational Advance). Factors for social cognitive theory are based on a social or physical environment. Social environments encompass friends‚ colleagues‚ and family. Physical environments could run the gamut as vast as a particular food
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Cognitive Theory Paper Cognitive Therapy Ngina Hardy University of North Texas at Dallas COUN 5710- Counseling Theories November 12‚ 2012 Dr. Jennifer Baggerly Cognitive Therapy "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." William James (Whitbourne‚ 2011) When we hear the word cognitive‚ several words come to mind such as‚ reasoning
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