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Infant sand Toddlers
Brenda B Corpuz, Ph.D. Duran Joan D.
BSE 1VED
(Student)
Cognitive Development
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1.Sensorimotor
There are 4 stages
of 2.Preoperational
Cognitive Development
3.Concrete Operational
4.Formal Operational
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Sensorimotor Stage
“In this stage, infants construct anunderstanding of
the world bycoordinating sensory experienceswith
physical motoric actions”
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Simple Reflexesbirth – 6 weeks
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First habits and primary circularreactions phase6 weeks - 4 months
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Secondary Circular ReactionPhase 4 – 8 months
Development of Habits.
This stage is associated primarily withthe development of
coordination betweenvision and prehension.
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Coordination of reactions stagesecondary circular8 – 12 months
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Tertiary Circular reactions,novelty and curiosity
12-18 months
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Internalization of Schemes18 – 24 months
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OBJECT PERMANENCE
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ABSTRACTION
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Piaget’s sub-stages are termed circularbecause the adaptive behaviour to theworld
involves repeated actions.
Tertiary Circular Reactions-is when ababy does things over and over again.
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Learning and Remembering
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Language Development
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1. Cooing- which compromises largelyvowel sounds.
3. One word utterances- are limited inboth the vowels and consonants.
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Halophrases-to convey intensions, desires anddemands.
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Telegraphic Speech- two or three word utterances with rudimentary syntax but with
articles and prepositions missing.
Chomsky, (1965-1972)
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Domain: Language, Pre-reading and Pre-math
Understands “No”
13-18 months
Uses pronouns
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PRE-READING AND PRE-MATH Domain: CognitiveDevelopment
(Matching) ATTENTION AND ACTIVITY LEVEL
7-12 months 0-6 months
Looks steadily at novel stimuli
Able to match 2 identical objects 7-12 months
19-24 months Looks with interest at picture books
13-18 months
Matches identical objects-Matches Resists interruption while engaged in play
identical pictures
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HIGHER-ORDERED MENTAL HIGHER-ORDERED MENTAL ABILITIES
ABILITIES (Concept Formation) (Cause-Effect Relationship)
0-6 months
0-6 months
Acts on an object to achieve an objective
Experiments with new toys and objects
7-12 months
7-12 months
Uses an object to get something he wants
Looks for partially hidden objects 19-24 months
13-18 months
Asks “Why?”
Can tell whether something is hot or
cold Understands reasons behind daily practices
19-24 months
Knows where to return most of his things
Can tell which is shorter of 2 items