AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Intellectual development, including learning how to solve problems, making judgements and dealing with situations refers to ____
A
physical
B
mental/cognitive
C
emotional
D
social
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive or intellectual development means the growth of a child’s ability to think and reason. It’s about how they organize their minds, ideas and thoughts to make sense of the world they live in.

Detailed explanation-2: -Children grow and develop rapidly in their first five years across the four main areas of development. These areas are motor (physical), language and communication, cognitive and social/emotional.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive development means the development of the ability to think and reason. Children ages 6 to 12, usually think in concrete ways (concrete operations). This can include things like how to combine, separate, order, and transform objects and actions.

There is 1 question to complete.