Lecture 13: Cognitive Development and Health

Question 1

What is cognition?

Answer 1

mental activity through which humans beings acquire and process knowledge, including the functions of perceptions, learning, memory, language acquisition, problem-solving, thought and imagining.

Question 2

What is cognitive development?

Answer 2

gradual transition from infant to adult mental capacity

Question 3

What is development?

Answer 3

The sequence and interplay of physical, psychological, cognitive and social changes and continuities that humans undergo as they grow older
-individual differences
-universal changes
Dynamic process of growth, change and stability across the lifespan

Question 4

What are the 3x sections of the model of development ?

Answer 4

1. Physical development
2. social emotions and environmental
3. cognitive development
   (across the life course)

Question 5

What is the model of development like?

Answer 5

1. dynamic

2. interactive

Question 6

Who is jean Piaget?

Answer 6

Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
Swiss psychologist and philosopher
Developed cognitive-developmental stage theory
His theory remains the classic reference point for understanding children’s cognitive development (despite limitations highlighted since)

Question 7

What Theory did Jean Piaget develop?

Answer 7

Cognitive-development stage theory

Question 8

What is the Scheme is Piaget scheme development?

Answer 8

Scheme: mental structure (made up of organised groups of memories, thoughts and strategies) that an infant/child uses to learn about, interpret the world and adapt to it’s environment
-building block of developmental change
Physical schemes —-> mental schemes