Describe the information-processing theory of cognition, and discuss how changes in the areas of affordances, categorization, and memory abilities have contributed to our understanding of infant cognition.

Exam

Total of 7-8 double spaced typed pages (12 point font). Cover
sheet and reference page are separate. Review the paper for completeness and
relevance to the questions asked in the assignment. Do NOT plagiarize other peoples’
works. Be sure to copy sections from the text without adding a citation, such
as (Dodge, 1993; Berger, p357). Include an additional page with a short
bibliography of sources that you quoted or referenced in the paper.
Focuses on the cognitive
development of the infant, and The First Two Years: Cognitive Development,”
traces sensorimotor development, and illustrates individual
differences in the infant’s capacities to act, learn, and remember. Children
actively try to understand their world, striving to organize and interpret
their experiences. This focuses on language development during the first two
years. Piaget’s model of cognitive adaptation. (This is a critical concept that
we return to often in psychology – for example, in a different context we
might call schema “stereotypes.”)
1. Describe the six stages of
Piaget’s sensorimotor development. Explain what is meant by feedback
loops and “circular reactions.” In what ways was Piaget mistaken
about infant development?
2. What are “schema?”
Describe and discuss the processes of adaptation to new information.
3. Describe the information-processing
theory of cognition, and discuss how changes in the areas of affordances,
categorization, and memory abilities have contributed to our understanding of
infant cognition.
4. Compare and contrast Skinner’s and
Chomsky’s theories of language development. What is the current thinking about
the processes of language development?

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