Taniya Moon September 19‚ 2014 Child Development 101 Cognitive Theory One of the first people to have a cognitive theory about development was scientist Jean Piaget. When Piaget did an IQ test on children he figured out something to look at differently about development: how the children thought as they came up with their answers was more important than what they actually knew. “In the cognitive theory equilibrium‚ a state of mental balance in which people are not confused because they can use
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One strength of the Behaviourist Approach is that it is a scientific approach in that it has clear and measurable variables (stimulus‚ response and reinforcer) which allows scientific experiments to be conducted. For example‚ Skinner’s conducted an experiment to present operant conditioning where the independent variable was the reinforcer (food pellet) and the electric shock (punishment) and the dependent variable was the frequency of lever pressing. This is a strength as scientific experiments
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and the influences that shaped the decision HS5002 Survey of Research in Human Development and Behavior Bronfrenbenner’s Ecological Theory Urie Bronfrenbenner (1971-2005) created the ecological theory based on different levels to indicate how a child’s environment affects his/her development as well as minor and major life decisions. Bronfenbrenner categorized his theory into four levels: the microsystem‚ the mesosystem‚ the exosystem‚ and the macrosystem. Each level of the theory plays a role
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intelligence. Jeopardy is an American television quiz show and it can ask about anything. Watson is a machine and it’s made for answering question. For Watson‚ there is a lot of possible answer but Watson need to pick the accurate answer. For example‚ if Watson has 3 possible answer then Watson will pick the one that has the most percentage. The most percentage means that it is more likely to be correct. In the article‚ IBM Watson became a jeopardy champion. IBM describes it as “an application of advanced natural
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Erikson’s Theory"Erik Erikson believed that we develop in psychosocial stages versus psychosexual stages that Freud developed" (Santrock‚ 2008‚ p.23). "The word ’psychosocial’ was Erikson’s term that he derived from the words psychological meaning mind and social meaning relationship" (Chapman‚ 2007). Erikson was concerned with how personality and behavior is influenced after birth. Erikson stood strong on his belief concerning nurture and experience. The key element within Erikson’s theory was ego
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TERM PAPER: IBM SUPERCOMPUTER‚ WATSON IBM Supercomputer‚ Watson Watson uses two thousand eight hundred and eighty processor cores to perform its calculations. This is made possible by the use of ninety IBM Power 750 Express servers which contain eight quad core processors. So each server contains thirty two processor cores and there are ninety servers to combine to make the two thousand eight hundred and eighty processor cores that make up Watson’s brain . So what
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Factors that influence Literacy Development Literacy for the 21st century is the competence to carry out the complex Children all learn to read at their own pace‚ however‚ there are several factors that help a child master the skills needed to read successfully. Classroom environment‚ parental beliefs‚ time spent reading with a child and vocabulary development all play a role in a child’s literacy development. Classroom Environment A literacy-rich classroom environment exposes children
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Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. I did this because I felt drawing was the best way within my ability to display both Holmes and Watson. I decided to draw half the faces of Holmes and Watson combined together. Even though they are two different people‚ the two contrasting characters compliment each other well in order to solve cases. As you might know‚ Holmes and Watson are both witty characters that use their unique abilities to solve crimes. On one hand‚ Watson uses his medical knowledge
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diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and world renown author “literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty‚ and a building block of development‚ an essential complement to investments in roads‚ dams‚ clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization‚ and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women‚ it is an agent of family
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Three Theories of Cognitive Development The Swiss psychologist and philosopher Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is well-known for his work towards the cognitive sciences. Arguably one of his most important contributions involves his theory of cognitive development. In this theory‚ thinking progresses through four distinct stages between infancy and adulthood. Similar in scope to Piaget’s theory is Information Processing‚ in which human thinking is based on both mental hardware and mental software (Kail
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