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Cognitive Development in Childhood

Cognitive Development in Childhood
This module examines what cognitive development is, major theories about how it occurs, the roles of nature and nurture, whether it is continuous or discontinuous, and how research in the area is being used to improve education.

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
What you’ll learn to do: explain cognitive changes in early childhood.

Early childhood is a time of pretending, blending fact and fiction, and learning to think of the world using language. As young children move away from needing to touch, feel, and hear about the world toward learning basic principles about how the world works, they hold some pretty interesting initial ideas.

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Click the image to watch Piaget: Egocentrism and Perspective Taking. A new window will open.

Click the image to watch Piaget's Mountains Task. A new window will open.

Click the image to watch Piaget Stage 2 - Preoperational - Lack of Conservation. A new window will open.

Click the image to watch The False Belief Test: Theory of Mind. A new window will open.

Click the image to watch Vygotsky's Developmental Theory: An Introduction. A new window will open.

Click the image to watch Beyond the 30 Million Word Gap. A new window will open.

Theory of Mind

Theory of Mind
One of the most remarkable human capacities is to perceive and understand mental states. This capacity, often labeled “theory of mind,” consists of an array of psychological processes that play essential roles in human social life. We review some of these roles, examine what happens when the capacity is deficient, and explore the many processes that make up the capacity to understand minds.

What We Learn Before We're Born

Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb -- from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence
What you’ll learn to do: describe changes in cognitive development and moral reasoning during adolescence.

Here we learn about adolescent cognitive development. In adolescence, changes in the brain interact with experience, knowledge, and social demands and produce rapid cognitive growth. The changes in how adolescents think, reason, and understand can be even more dramatic than their obvious physical changes. This stage of cognitive development, termed by Piaget as the formal operational stage, marks a movement from the ability to think and reason logically only about concrete, visible events to an ability to also think logically about abstract concepts.

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Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
What you’ll learn to do: explain cognitive development in late adulthood.

There are numerous stereotypes regarding older adults as being forgetful and confused, but what does the research on memory and cognition in late adulthood actually reveal? In this section, we will focus upon the impact of aging on memory, how age impacts cognitive functioning, and abnormal memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease, delirium, and dementia.

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Click the image to watch The Best Ways to Keep Your Mind Young. A new window will open.

Click the image to watch What is Alzheimer's disease?. A new window will open.

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Cognitive Development in Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Theory of Mind

What We Learn Before We're Born

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

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