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 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
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.
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 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Document: Piaget Stages (PDF)
Required Readings
Galotti, 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 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
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 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
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... Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Looking at Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, it characterizes the cognitive development through social activities such as playtime. Play enhances a child’s cognitive development since they are able to acquire the abstract meaning o. Also, language is part of the cognitive development based on the sociocultural theory. Children are therefore in a position to express their thoughts effectively through verbal communication mostly when they are three years of age. Adults play a major role in cognitive development because they pass on their knowledge to children. This is because they model the child’s behavior and also give the child verbal guidelines. Such guidelines help the children to regulate how they are supposed to perform.
