Cognitive Development Studies

Cognitive Development Studies

1. Piaget

   • Object permanence
     • Hidden toy study- Piaget
   • Egocentrism
     • 3 mountains study -Piaget and Inhelder
   • Conservation
     • Beaker study- Piaget and Szeminska
   • Class Inclusion
     • Wooden Beads- Piaget and Szeminska
   • Hypothetico-deductive reasoning
     • Pendulum problem- Inhelder and Piaget

2. Vygotsky

   • Zone of proximal development
     • School class activities on 3 interrelated topics- Hedegaard
   • Scaffolding
     • Observation of parents helping children to build bricks, help was reduced over time.
   • Guided Participation
     • Girl scouts USA- Rogoff et al

3. Nativist

   • Object Permanence
     • Impossible event study- Baillargeon

4. Information Processing

   • Memory Strategies
     • Remembering pictures- Flavell et al