CHAPTER

COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT
FIVE
IN INFANCY
 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY
Lev Vygotsky Intelligence and Individual
Piaget’s Theory of Infant Differences
Development Describe how infants learn,
remember, and conceptualize.
Summarize and evaluate Discuss infant assessment
Piaget’s theory of infant measures and the prediction of
development. intelligence.
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PIAGET’S
THEORY OF
INFANT
DEVELOPMENT

COGNITIVE
PROCESSES
Piaget developed several concepts to
answer this question; especially important
are schemes, assimilation, accommodation,
organization, equilibrium, and
equilibration.
Schemes In Piaget’s theory, actions or mental
representations that organize knowledge.
Assimilation Piagetian concept of using existing
schemes to deal with new information or experiences.
Accommodation Piagetian concept of adjusting
schemes to fi t new information and experiences.
Organization Piaget’s concept of grouping isolated
behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order, more
smoothly functioning cognitive system.
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PROCESSES
COGNITIVE
PROCESSES
COGNITIVE
PROCESSES
COGNITIVE
PROCESSES
According to Piaget, children constantly
assimilate and accommodate as they seek
equilibrium. There is considerable movement
between states of cognitive equilibrium and
disequilibrium as assimilation and
accommodation work in concert to produce
cognitive change.
THE FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
VYGOTSKY’S
THEORY OF Sociocultural Cognitive Theory

INFANT
DEVELOPMENT
LEV VYGOTSKY’S SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY
LEV VYGOTSKY’S SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY
LEV VYGOTSKY’S SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY

Sociocultural Cognitive Theory of Cognitive

development: emphasizes the crucial influence
that social interaction and language, embedded
within a cultural context, have on cognitive
development.
SOCIAL INTERACTION
SOCIAL INTERACTION
 LANGUAGE

PRIVATE SPEECH: is a form of self-talk that guides the child

thinking and action
ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT
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ACTIVITY
TRY
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LEARN
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