Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Review of Ch 5
Agenda
Today
- Syllabus edit?
- Ch 8
- Midterm date
- Highlights from Ch 5
- WS5: Theory of Mind
- Think-pair-share: Race and Motherhood
- Blog Article
Thursday
- Presentation: Yerlin, April, Lori, Zhiping, Qilin
- Review Ch 6
- Blog post (by midnight): Wiktoria Gnojek, Chang Ouk Suh, Dana Michelle Van Fossan, Aiyana Campbell
Ch 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
A quick lecture
Language Developmeny
Major theories:
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Behaviorist- acquired through conditioning and imitation
- Scale with complexity?
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Nativist- innate "universal grammar", we have a Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
- Early mistakes?
- Constructionist- Social interaction + Statistical learning produce internalized templates
Chomsky
Parallels with prefigurative Politics
What makes humans unique?
Supporting Early Language
Sensitive Period for Social Interaction
Socially-deprived Romanian Orphans
- Orphans adopted before 6 months of age “caught up” to peers
- Orphans adopted after 6 months showed intellectual deficits and autism-like symptoms
The “Video Deficit Effect”
- Studies find that children under 2.5 years of age consistently learn better from a live person than a video
- Live Mandarin-Chinese lessons for English-speaking infants allowed children to perceive the sound contrasts in Mandarin;
- Same lesson on videotape did not
- Baby Einstein videos
- Educational Apps
Piaget
Piaget Sensorimotor Substages
Piaget Sensorimotor Substages
*Object Permanence*
Piaget Sensorimotor Substages
