CHYS 2P10 Lecture 4: CHYS2P10 - Lecture #4

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 2P10
• Professor: Anthony Volk

Document Summary

Cognitive development: cognitive development is the development of thought, generally limited to non-emotional, social, etc. dimensions of thought. Ontogeny-phylogeny: various animals in their embryonic stages, represents the stages of development that are similar to the stages of cognition. Piaget and his family: started by studying his children. Processes of development: adaptation to new information & mental reorganization are the driving forces behind cognitive development, broadly evolutionary idea, but more like development and embryonic development. Assimilation: assimilation - is the incorporation of new information into existing schemas as well as the active representation of new stimuli, accommodation - is the rearranging of previous ideas so that they incorporate the new information. Processes of development: equilibration - the organizations attempt to keep schemas in balance with new information, organization the new information must be organized in a logical fashion that builds upon, and co-exists with, current knowledge.