| To prepare: - Review this week’s Learning Resources related to Piaget and Vygotsky’s theories of cognitive development and next week’s Learning Resources on behaviorist, biological, and nature-versus-nurture theories.
- Select two theories to compare for this Assignment.
The Assignment (3 pages): Write a 3-page paper in which you do the following: - Briefly introduce the theories you selected.
- Explain how each theory characterizes cognitive development. What are the major causes/influences, processes, or stages within each?
- Which one of these theories do you think best explains cognitive development and why? Provide examples from the literature to support your argument
Flavell, J. H. (1982). On cognitive development. Child Development, 53(1), 1. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.ep8587504
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Galotti, K. M. (2017). Major theories of cognitive development. In Cognitive development: Infancy through adolescence (2nd ed.) (pp. 18–45). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Galotti, K.M. (2017) Cognitive Development: Infancy through Adolescence. Copyright 2017 by Sage College. Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Huitt, W., & Hummel, J. (2003). Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cognition/…
Kuwabara, M., & Smith, L. B. (2012). Cross-cultural differences in cognitive development: Attention to relations and objects. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 113(1), 20–35. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.009
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Document: Piaget Stages (PDF)
Required ReadingsGalotti, K. M. (2017). Other frameworks relevant to cognitive development. In Cognitive development: Infancy through adolescence (2nd ed.) (pp. 46–78). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Galotti, K.M. (2017) Cognitive Development: Infancy through Adolescence. Copyright 2017 by Sage College. Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Lourenço, O. (2012). Piaget and Vygotsky: Many resemblances, and a crucial difference. New Ideas in Psychology, 30(3), 281–295. doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2011.12.006
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Sundararajan, L., & Fatemi, S. M. (2016). Creativity and symmetry restoration: Toward a cognitive account of mindfulness. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 36(3), 131–141. doi:10.1037/teo0000027
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Megalakaki, O., Craft, A., & Cremin, T. (2012). The nature of creativity: Cognitive and confluence perspectives. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 10(3), 1035–1055. Retrieved from http://investigacion-psicopedagogica.org/revista/n…
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Optional ResourcesDaniels, H. (2010). Vygotsky and psychology. In Goswami, U. (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Child Cognitive Development (pp. 673–696). Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/waldenu/reader.action?p…
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Müller, B. C. N., Gerasimova, A., & Ritter, S. M. (2016). Concentrative meditation influences creativity by increasing cognitive flexibility. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 10(3), 278–286. doi:10.1037/a0040335
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Answer preview The two selected theories are Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory. Piaget’s theory focuses on how children acquire knowledge based on how they interact on their own within the environment surrounding them. Piaget’s theory describes the emotional development, moral reasoning, peer relationships and the cognitive development in children (Flavell, 1982). The environment is a critical factor in childhood development because it provides helpful information to children depending on how they observe the world. According to Piaget, children are able to make decisions from what they observe because they are naturally curious. Piaget based his research on the biological study of the brain and how it processes information in children.(1018words)
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