CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Research indicates that children’s cognitive immaturity
A
results from overstimulation during infancy and toddlerhood.
B
results from a lack of stimulation
C
hinders their mastery of basic academic skills
D
may be adaptive
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Today, Jean Piaget is best known for his research on children’s cognitive development. Piaget studied the intellectual development of his own three children and created a theory that described the stages that children pass through in the development of intelligence and formal thought processes.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the cognitive immaturity hypothesis (Bjorklund, 1997, 2007b; Bjorklund & Green, 1992), infants’ and young children’s cognitive and perceptual abilities are well-suited for their particular time in life and are not simply incomplete versions of the adult form.

Detailed explanation-3: -Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory Specifically, he posited that as children’s thinking develops from one stage to the next, their behavior also changes, reflecting these cognitive developments. The stages in his theory follow a specific order, and each subsequent stage only occurs after the one before it.

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