How does the brain develop?
How do we develop an identity?
What influences psychological and social development?
These are just a few of the interesting and important questions that we will be exploring in this book as we explore what developmental psychology is and how it affects us.
So, join me as together we explore the fascinating world of developmental psychology in this book with an intriguing conversational tone that clearly breakdown and critically evaluates concepts and theories so everyone can enjoy the wonders of psychology… and not have a headache at the end!
This book is avialable in both ebook and paperback edition and the ebook is published very wide and avialable is in a lot of countries and is selling rather well and as a result of this i would like to further my market reach by translating it into other languages so that others can enjoy and love psychology i do.
chapter 2: cognitive development
An interesting and vital part of development, wouldn’t you agree?
But how do children's mental processes develop?
In developmental psychology, there are two main theories that we’ll be looking at.
Piaget:
This theory states that a child develops through the movement of clearly different stages, to put it simply.
These stages are:
Sensorimotor stage- this occurs from birth to the age of two years old. This stage can be described as children’s reasoning being second to their ability to move and sense things. In simpler terms, babies hit something and see the results of their actions. This is how they think as they cannot visualise or think about the outcome in their minds.
The easiest way to think of this is when a baby hit a tower and it falls over.
Preoperational stage- tends to happen from about 2-7 years old. This stage can be described as children have some ability to reason in their minds but not fully.
Some of their limits include:
Egocentrism- the inability to take other people’s perspectives into account.
Irreversibility- when the child can’t reverse the sequence of events. For example, I opened the door, walked through the door and closed the door. The child wouldn’t be able to put the sequence into the close, walk then open.
Centration- only focusing on one aspect of the problem.
Leading us onto a case study.
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Translated by Iván Ochoa
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Author review: Always a great translator. high quality, very faster. always recommend. |
