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Cognitive Development. Define Cognition Define the facets of cognition State how development in other domains can affect cognition Explore how play affects all facets of development. HDFS coursework Career Quiz Lab Preschool Project. Goals for Today. What is cognition?.
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Define Cognition Define the facets of cognition State how development in other domains can affect cognition Explore how play affects all facets of development HDFS coursework Career Quiz Lab Preschool Project Goals for Today
What is cognition? • Definition: “knowledge, thought, reasoning” (Siegler, DeLoche, & Eisenberg, 2006, p.200) • Object knowledge • Physical knowledge • Social knowledge • Perception • Categorization • Basic • Subclassification • Specific Classification • Theory of Mind • Intelligence and Academics
More Cognitive Processing • Auditory Memory • Integration of stimuli • Sequencing • Abstraction • Memory • Attention • Metacognition
What other systems affect cognition? • What other systems affect cognition? • Vision & visual processing • Hearing and auditory processing • Motor and physical development
Play and Cognitive Development • Allows children to learn problem-solving • Strategies for learning • Representational competence • Logic and classification • Social competence • Early Childhood – dramatic and sociodramatic play
For More Information Allen, K. E., & Marotz, L. R. (2003). Developmental profiles: Pre-birth through twelve (4th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Thomson Learning. Billeaud, F. P. (2003). Communication disorders in infants and toddlers: Assessment and intervention (3rd ed.). St Louis, MO: Butterworth Heinemann. Feeney, S., Moravcik, E., Nolte, S., & Christensen, D. (2010). Who am I in the lives of children? an introduction to early childhood education. (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. Justice, L. M. (2006). Communication sciences and disorders: An introduction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. Siegler, R., Deloche, J., & Eisenberg, N. (2006). How children develop (2nd ed.). New York: Worth.