Theories of Cognitive Development: An insight to the theories of Piaget‚ Information-processing and Vygotsky How do we learn? How do we grow? Over the years‚ psychologists have studied to great lengths the processes that humans go through as they progress from infancy to adulthood. Several theories have emerged over time with three prominent ones. Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky produced two important and distinct theories. Another important theory‚ the information-processing theory‚ presents
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a) Explain Aristotle’s theory of four causes (25 marks) Aristotle’s interest in explaining why things exist as they do led to his theory of Four Causes. He rejected Plato’s theory of Forms and was more intrigued by the particular form in which an object took‚ as opposed to the ‘ideal‚ perfect’ form. The four causes are: the material cause‚ the formal cause‚ the efficient cause and the final cause. The material cause refers to the physical cause of an object. It occurs because of the parts‚
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Lamarck’s Influence on the Development of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Dec. 4 1996 Marc Weinstein There have been many ideas on the theory of evolution. Some simply take our existence for granted‚ others prefer to explain all evolution in terms of the bible and the presence of a God. However‚ there are those who have researched the topic of evolution and have offered an explanation as to where a species comes from and how they evolved in the manner that they did. This type of science has been
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acknowledge in their field. It is necessary to develop a training program that meets the needs of both staff members and the organization‚ and carry on the organization growing and changing for the better. This section will assist you to think about how to plan and run a training program for all the people in your team. In general‚ staff members are far more similar actually to use what they get from a training program if they have at least some control over it. It makes sense‚ for instance‚ for those
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Jung’s Theory The MBTI assessments relate to Jung’s theory of personality development (Jung‚ 1948/1969‚ p. 215 [CW 9 pt. 1 para. 397]).Make the theory of psychological types described by Carl Gustav Jung‚ a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist born in July 26‚ 1875 was influence by Sigmund Freud and educated in University of Basel. His theory was based on behavior‚ basic differences in the way individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. The MBTI assessment is on Jung’s ideas
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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence first developed by Jean Piaget. It is primarily known as a developmental stage theory‚ but in fact‚ it deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come gradually to acquire it‚ construct it‚ and use it. Moreover‚ Piaget claims the idea that cognitive development is at the centre of human organism and language is contingent
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to explain are Albert Einstein‚ Otto Frisch‚ Arthur Compton‚ Enrico Fermi‚ Lise Meitner‚ Ernst Marsden‚ and Hans Geiger. All of these physicists impacted the development of the atomic theory one way or another. Albert Einstein was a German physicist who moved to America to share his knowledge about the atomic theory. In 1905‚ he wrote a famous paper that concerned tiny particles and how they moved in a liquid or gas. Einstein took Brownian motion(Browns law) and confirmed the atomic theory of matter
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science to explain consciousness When I see my dog and my cat‚ I realize how differently they behave – I think the cat is somehow more mysterious –‚ but how I could know that they have inner states? Likewise‚ people have different behaviours: if they are at a football match they behave differently than in an art gallery. We suppose that they have different inner states‚ but how do we know this? There are different approaches to take to this question‚ but fundamentally the question is of how body and
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CYP 3.1 4.3. Explain how play and activities are used to support the development of speech‚ language and communication. Speech and language is not something that is natural to everyone‚ it needs encouraging gently by others around them such as parents/carers and other adults at school. This is usually encouraged by means of interesting things that the child shows interest in‚ it can then be fun for the child and they learn how to communicate at the same time. For example: The use of puppets‚
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specific causal factors that are potentially knowable” (APA‚ 2014). In peeling back this definition and correlating to the reading this week from Corey‚ I found this seemingly simple definition compresses such an extensive theory into a mighty comprehensive sentence. Theory of determinism‚ as promoted by Freud‚ establishes that human behavior is not based on free-will or choice but instead is an unconscious practice‚ absent of self-awareness. In a sense‚ humans operate in an automaton state paralyzed
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