COMD 2050 : COMD 2050 Final
Document Summary
A typical conversation: simple sentence structures, repetition, becomes more elaborate as the child begins using more and more language. Piaget: stated there are 4 stages of development: 1. sensorimotor stage (birth-2yrs): use senses to explore the world; extremely egocentric; simple reflexes. 2. preoperational stage (2-7yrs): motor skills are acquired; egocentrism is strong but begins to decline; no logical thinking yet. 3. concrete operational stage (7-11yrs): beginning to think logically but still concrete. 4. formal operational stage (11-16yrs): developing abstract reasoning; easily conserve and think logically. Babbling: occurs between 6-8 mo. and the child is producing a number of cv combinations, ba-ba-ba, ga-ga-ga, da-da-da, in the later babbling stage, around 9-10 mo. , there are recognizable intonation patterns, also some variation begins to occur, ba-ba-da-da. The one-word stage: occurs between 12-18 months. The two-word stage: begins around 18-20 mo, vocabulary is greater than 50 words, characterized by combinations of words, ex: mommy eat dog bad daddy kiss, contextualized (request, statement) contextualize= in the now.
