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Theoretical Perspectives Of Cognitive Development

Life Cycle

Mechanisms of cognition

Piaget's Stage Theory

It focuses on the processes of knowledge acquisition and divide into Stadiums

Reintegrative (elderly):

Processing speed

Operating memory

Executive control processes

Long term memory

Development continues throughout life. Throughout the life cycle, 4 basic evolutionary processes are present: acquisition, maintenance, transformation and collapse of psychological structures and functions.

It is the application of intellectual skills to family and work life.

Executive

Individuals faced with the management of hierarchical organizations in which decision-making is particularly important.

Responsibility (maturity)

Rejects the concept of stages of development.

Applies his intellectual skills to the reorganization of his life and the planning of the use of his material and physical resources.

Ascribes intellectual functions to the satisfaction of their interests and attitudes and to the development of their values. They use cognitive skills for emotional regulation.

Reorganizational (young elderly 60-65 years)