Psychology lifespan
CHAPTER FIVE
Cognitive Development
In
Infancy and Toddlerhood
DISCUSSION
What impact might we be seeing by the expanded use of preschools on children’s views of school?
What makes a good preschool curriculum?
OVERVIEW
Cognitive Development
IQ Testing
Related Factors
Review Questions
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Sources of Development
Learning
Maturation
Automatic Behaviors / Reflexes
Piaget
Schemes
Adaptation
Assimilation
Accommodation
IQ TESTING
Brief History
Evaluation
Validation increases after kindergarten
Example
Bayley Scale (II)
HOME Scale
RELATED FACTORS (one of two)
Socio Economic Status
At this age minimal correlation to attention or memory recovery
Play
Crucial
RELATED FACTORS (two of two)
Language
There is a link between parent IQ and their off spring acquisition rates
Models / Acquisition
Chomskey
Behavioral Models
Chronology
Cooing (~two months)
Babbling (~six months)
Holophrase
Telegraphic Speech
REVIEW QUESTIONS
Who suggested that language acquisition is innate?
T/F – We babble then coo.
List one “IQ” test normed for this age group.