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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
TOPIC 2: MODERN THEORIES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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• For Vygotsky and other sociocultural theorists, the social nature of cognitive
development is captured in the concept of intersubjectivity, which refers to
mutual, shared understanding among participants in an activity
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SCAFFOLDING
• Scaffolding refers to a teaching style that matches the amount of assistance
to the learner’s needs
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• Just as computers consist of both hardware and software that the computer
runs, information-processing theory proposes that human cognition consists
of mental hardware and mental software
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SENSORY MEMORY is where information is held in raw, unanalyzed form very
briefly (no longer than a few seconds)
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LONG-TERM MEMORY is a limitless, permanent storehouse of knowledge of the
world
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• According to core-knowledge theories, there are distinctive domains of
knowledge (e
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, language, understanding of objects), some of which are
acquired by infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
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TOPIC 3: UNDERSTANDING IN CORE DOMAINS
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UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE
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By age 1, infants recognize that people perform many acts intentionally, with
a goal in mind
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Beginning at 3 years of age, children distinguish the mental world from the
physical world, although they still emphasize desires when explaining
behavior
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Contributing to children’s acquisition of a theory of mind are a specialized
cognitive module, basic psychological processes such as language, and social
interactions that allow children to experience different mental states

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