FNDS 21230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pragmatics, Word Formation, Heredity
20 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2-lecture 2: cognitive and language development: the nature of human development. Physical( biological)- produces changes in the child"s body and underlie brain development, height, and weight gains, motor skills, and puberty"s hormonal changes. Cognitive- involves changes in the child"s thinking, intelligence, and language. Socioemotional- involves changes in the child"s relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality. Nature vs nurture: nature- refers to an organisms biological inheritance, nurture- environmental experiences. Continuity-discontinuity- focuses on the extent to which development involves gradual, cumulative change (continuity) or distant stages (discontinuity) Early-later- focuses on the degree to which early experiences(especially in infancy) or later experiences are the key determinants of the child"s development. Splintered development- refers to the circumstances in which development is uneven across domains: piaget"s theory of cog(cid:374)itive develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Schemas- actions or mental representations that organize knowledge. Assimilation- occurs when children incorporate new information into their existing schemas.
