CAR395 — Cognitive Develop Early Childh
Cognitive Development in Early ChildhoodIn this workshop students will discuss the extraordinary increase in representational activity during early childhood. Piaget believed that children's cognitive change resulted primarily from sensorimotor activity, but other theroists place more emphasis on the link between language and thought. Vygotsky, who emphasized the social context of cognitive development, regarded language as the foundation for all higher cognitive processes. By the end of the preschool years, children have an extensive vocabulary, use most of the grammatical constructions of their language competently, and are effective conversationalists.