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Human Development
Chapter 5 gp 1-3
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GP 1 What are the 6
approaches to the study of
cognitive development?
1. The behaviourist approach Behaviourism is a
tenet based on the idea that behaviour can belearned without involvement of the mind. (we will
look at both classical and operant conditioning as an
example of this later in the presentation)
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2. The psychometric approach
In this century the
psychometric approach
has been the primary
method of studying
intelligence . This methodis based on the
presumption that
intelligence is a
measurable (quantifiable)factor, and thus the IQ
test was born.
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3. The Piagetian Approach
Piaget emphasized that childrencannot learn something until
maturation gives them certain
prerequisites. The ability to
learn any cognitive content is
always related to their stage of
intellectual development.
Children who are at a certain
stage cannot be taught the
concepts of a higher stage.
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4. The Info-Processing
Approach Like a computer, the
human mind takes in
information, performs
operations on it tochange its form and
content, stores and
locates it and
generates responsesto it.
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The Cognitive Neuroscience
Approach Deals with the actual
brain and nervous
system and seeks to
understand whatparts of the brain are
involved in learning,
memory,
understanding etc.
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The social contextual Approach
Examines the effects
aspects of
environment (parents
caregivers etc) forunderstanding
behavioral change
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2. How do infants learn and how
long can they remember?
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1. How do infants learn and how
long can they remember?
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3. Can infants and toddlers
intelligence be measured,
and how can it be improved? An IQ test measures
how much
intelligence aperson has againststandardized norms.Norms are obtained
from the scores of alarge representativesample of people.
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3. Can infants and toddlers
intelligence be measured,
and how can it be improved? Validity refers to theability of the test tomeasure what is
being tested.Reliability meansthat the tests areconsistent from onetime to another.
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3. Can infants and toddlers
intelligence be measured,
and how can it be improved? Measuring an infants IQ is
difficult since they cannotanswer questions and it isusually not really
necessary unless there isa developmental delay theparents are concernedabout. The Bayley Scalesof Infant Development is atest that can give a
reasonably accuratemeasure of an infantsdevelopment.See table 5.1on page 158