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cognitive development

Language development

Definition

Phases

Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.

infants

toddlers

pre-teenagers

teenagers

sensorimotor stage

develop sensory feelings (instinctive ability that be applied)

get response from parents and environments

objects permanence

the objects continuously exists although they cannot be seen or heard

eg. peek a boo

preoperational stage

utilize symbols to represents other objects

egocentrism( self-focus)

identify obvious features

eg. play house game

always stand up their own opinions

cannot understand others' points of views (complex meanings)

concrete operational stage

logic and abstract thoughts

transition

just based on their limited experience

begin to shape certain regular rules on some events

from previous development to logic thinking

will understand reversibility

the same thing has not changed although its appearance changed

eg. 1=apple, 2=orange, so apple=1, orange=2.

eg. a whole cake = a cake which is divided into 8 pieces

formal operational stage

think more sophisticated and advanced

apply those thoughts

use multiple potential ways

solve the problems

form their own dimensions and methods to handle various problems

according tothe logical and deductive reasoning

Definition

theories

Language development is a process of acquisition. The children will mimic and then comprehend the meanings, which is from an early age. Here are two theories which is related to this process

Nativistic theory

Behavioral theory

innate ability to organize language

initial language acquisition

a language organ (hardwired)

more easy for younger ones to acquire language

external stimuli in the environment

related to social pragmatic

acquire language from the interaction and response