Today our topic of discussion is- Cognitive developments
Cognitive developments
Progressive development of learning skills (such as, attention, memory, thinking, etc.) is called cognitive developments. These essential skills allow children to learn how to evaluate, analyze, remember, make compare and understand causes and effects (Allen, 2015).
In a word, children learn to process sensory information when their cognitive skills are developed. Most of the cognitive skills are learned and can be improved through practice and training.
Jean Piaget’s (1936/1952) ‘Theory of cognitive development’ and Lev Vygotsky’s (1986) ‘Socio Development Theory’ proposed two main theories on child cognitive
development. In their theories, both of them tried to explore child cognitive developments. Piaget believed that children’s cognitive skills unfold naturally as they become mature and explore their environment. Vygotsky viewed language acquisition as a crucial part of cognitive development.
He believed that cognitive development depended on interactions with adults, cultural norms, and their environmental circumstances. Both of the theorists emphasized on cognitive development being the major influence on child language acquisition.
On the basis of the collected data the category ‘cognitive- developments’ is divided further into the following three sub-categories. They are-
4.2.2.1 Reasoning and finding solutions
4.2.2.2 Processing sensory information
4.2.2.3 Attention and memory
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