MUSC 2277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Leonard B. Meyer, Descant, Cognitive Development
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2/16/16: describe the musical response of a child in the sensorimotor stage of development. The sensorimotor stage begins after birth and continues up until the age of two. The preoperational stage begins at approximately age two and goes until the age of seven. At this stage, the child can understand ideas such as fast and slow and not be dependent on physical involvement with an object: describe the musical capabilities of children who have reached the concrete operations stage of development. The concrete operations stage begins at age seven and goes until roughly the age of eleven. At this stage, children can think logically for themselves and understand concepts of notation, rhythm, and harmony. Both generations like to use music in order to be more social and active. Music as an influence on physical response, 2. Music as a form of emotional expression, 4. Music to enforce conformity to social norms, 6.
