Cognitive Learning Theory Angela Baker PSY 331 Mr. Domingo Mamaril June 21‚ 2010 Cognitive Learning Theory Cognitive theorists try to explain human behavior by understanding how we process and store new information. The cognitive theories of learning originated from the gestalt theory. The three major contributors to the cognitive learning theories were Jean Piaget‚ Edward Tolman‚ and Albert Bandura. In this paper‚ I will evaluate the work of all three theorists‚ demonstrate an understanding
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Piaget was a Swiss developmental psychologist and a philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children and his theory of cognitive development. He was born on August 9‚ 1896 in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland. He was the eldest son of Arthur Piaget who was a Swiss professor of medieval literature and Rebecca Jackson‚ an intelligent and energetic woman‚ who was French. He attended the University of Neuchâtel where he received a degree in zoology in 1918. He then studied
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the same stages of cognitive growth. Because there may be some disparities between children and their development‚ it is possible to test to see approximately where these children are within development. To do this‚ Piagetian tasks can be used. Within this paper‚ I will describe the theory‚ the tasks which I will use to test the child‚ and the child whom I will be testing. The theory that will provide the framework for my study is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Piaget’s theory is a discontinuous
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Erik Erikson elaborated Freud’s genital stage in adolescence‚ and added three stages of adulthood (William‚ 2011). The eight stages according to Mcleod are: Trust Versus Mistrust (birth - 1 year)‚ Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (2 - 3 years)‚ Initiative vs. Guilt (3 - 5 years)‚ Industry (competence) vs. Inferiority (6 - 12 years)‚ Identity vs. Role Confusion (13 - 18 years)‚ Intimacy vs. Isolation (young adulthood)‚ Generativity vs. Stagnation (middle adulthood) and Ego Integrity vs. Despair (old age)
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Stages of Cognitive Development In the infancy stage infants have little knowledge and awareness of thought processes. Children in this stage also have a general absence of learning strategies. Toddlers in this stage however‚ can point or look at a location to remember where their toy or object is hidden. Around age two children some children can use an object to get another object. Around one year some are able to plan actions to accomplish a goal. In early childhood some are able to show evidence
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neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot‚ Freud became fascinated with the emotional disorder known as hysteria. Freud believed that adult personality problems were the result of early experiences in life. He believed that we go through five stages of psychosexual development and that at each stage of development we experience pleasure in one part of the body than in others. Erogenous zones are parts of the body that have especially strong pleasure-giving qualities at particular stages of development. Freud thought
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Jean Piaget was born on August 9‚ 1896 in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland. He was his parent’s first child. He was born to his mother Rebecca Jackson‚ and his father a medieval literature professor named Arthur. At just ten years old‚ Piaget’s fascination with mollusks drew him to the local museum of natural history‚ where he stared at specimens for hours on end. When he was eleven years old and attending Neuchatel Latin high school‚ Piaget wrote a short scientific paper on the albino sparrow. By the time
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Erik Erikson is best known for his stages of psychosocial development and identity crisis. Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is one of the best known theories of personality. Similar to Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosocial stages‚ Erikson’s theory describes the impact of social experiences across the whole lifespan. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development covered eight stages across the life
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DEVELOPMENT STAGES ACCORDING TO PIAGET KHADIJA TIJANI GROUP B IDENTIFY THE FOUR STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO PIAGET THE FOUR STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO PIAGET ARE ‚ •SENSORY MOTOR STAGE •PREOPERATIONAL STAGE •CONCRETE OPERATION STAGE •FORMAL OPERATION STAGE CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE AGE RANGE FOR EACH STAGE THE AGE RANGE FOR EACH STAGES ARE: STAGES AGE RANGE SENSORYMOTOR 1 ½ or 2 years 2 to 7 years 7 to 11 years 11+ years PREOPERATIONAL CONCRETE OPERATION FORMAL OPERATION DESCRIBE
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In today’s world there have been many studies‚ experiments‚ findings‚ and theories found by biologist‚ philosophers‚ and psychologist. Among them is Jean Piaget who is ranked as one of the top twenty-five psychologist of the twentieth century‚ whose qualifications include journal citations‚ appearance in introductory psychology textbooks‚ and/or awarded or recipient of psychological and sciences foundations. Piaget’s interesting childhood‚ adolescence‚ and studies have attributed to his ranking as
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