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Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development. School Years. Michael Hoerger. Piaget and Vygotsky. Piaget: Concrete Operational Phase Ability to use logic Apply learning to concrete problems Vygotsky: Children as Apprentices Environmental/cultural variables impact child’s speed of learning. 3 Levels of Memory.

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Cognitive Development

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  1. Cognitive Development School Years Michael Hoerger

  2. Piaget and Vygotsky • Piaget: Concrete Operational Phase • Ability to use logic • Apply learning to concrete problems • Vygotsky: Children as Apprentices • Environmental/cultural variables impact child’s speed of learning

  3. 3 Levels of Memory • Sensory Memory: for basic sensations • Working Memory: ability to hold information in short term memory while completing a task • Short term memory + Attention • Long-term Memory: Minutes to years

  4. Processing Speed • Frontal lobe development, myelination practice

  5. Michael Hoerger To cite this textbook: • Berger, K. (2005). The developing person through the lifespan. New York: Worth. To cite this lecture: • Hoerger, M. (2007, February 21). Developmental Psychology: Pre-Adolescent Cognitive Development. Presented at a PSY 220 lecture at Central Michigan University.

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