The Brain And Cognitive Development And The Development Of The Brain

“Anatomically and functionally, the brain is the most complex structure in the body. It controls our ability to think, our awareness of things around us, and our interactions with the outside world” (Mattson Porth, 2007, p. 823). Carol Mattson Porth described it the best; the brain is the control room in our body. The brain is the organ in our skull that tells the rest of our body what to do; our lungs to breath, our eyelids to blink, and our heart to pump blood are just a couple examples of bodily functions our brain controls. And although those controls stay constant throughout life, the brain matures and develops new tricks. Many might not know much about the brain, and many may not know what the difference is between a child’s brain and a fully developed brain especially. But this is one subject that is important and relevant; it is one of the biggest developments of the human body. The brain develops and grows immensely between being

The children now experience different phases of cognitive development. Again, Belsky explains, “Preoperational thinking is Piaget’s theory, the type of cognition characteristic of children ages two to seven, marked by an inability to step back from one’s immediate perceptions and think conceptually” (Belsky, 2016, p. 142). At this stage of cognitive thinking the children see the world and believe it as it is, they think that what they see is what is real. But then once they get closer to preadolescence they advance they cognition stage, Belsky clarifies, “Concrete operational thinking in Piaget’s framework, the type of cognition characteristic of children aged right to eleven, marked by the ability to reason about the world in more logical, adult way” (Belsky, 2016, p. 142). At this stage in life the child now has a realistic understanding of the world; they think like an adult. So, in all, as the brain develops so does the way the children