The Scavenger Hunt implemented several Developmental areas. Socially, we dealt with the “Four I’s” We were given the opportunity to express ourselves, we were encouraged to initiate our own learning, we were given independence, and social interaction was necessary to our task. (p.461) We also worked cooperatively as a team. In utilizing these social skills, we employed creative skills like flexibility and sensitivity. (p. 495) Emotionally, we had to practice self-regulation. (p.468) Using cognition, we utilized skills of inquiry like reason, problem solving, and memory. (p.400) We also applied classification, grouping idealized objects like heart, flag, and art. (p.401) We used language in at least four different ways. We used expressive
Stuart Brown’s book Play describes noteworthy of play in the lives of animals and humans and how free play develops the social skills in children that are necessary for creative thinking later in life. He used his observations of animals in play to explain the role of play in brain development and social integration.
As children begin to develop and grows, they all are curiosity and learning about the world around them that need to develop their thinking and learning more that included toys. Toys helps children to used their imagines and learning skills to play and imagines as heroes from the stories and children television show which Jean Piaget believe that toys can help and enhance the children’s cognitive development that is defined as the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Piaget also stated that there are four stages in his cognitive development theory which are the Sensorimotor Stage-Birth through about 2 years where children will learn about
The recess project has become a well renowned program. The recess project's goal is to advocate structured play among today’s children. “Recess leaders help the older children on the playground become leaders themselves, guiding younger children as they learn how to juggle or make crafts or do Zumba, the dance like exercise regimen set to fast-paced music”(Paul Par 5) . This is important because recess leaders from the recess project felt the need to help the older children on the playground. Recess leaders proved that with guidance and structure the older children gain the responsibility to guide the younger children in complex activities. Structured play drives strategy and following directions because with structured play children are given a specific set of guidelines and rules. After receiving rules and guidelines it is then up to the child to go from there and play(Nelson Par 1). There are numerous activities involved with structured play. The varying activities teach children how to follow and understand directions. This also helps children complete tasks. Various structured activities include board games, puzzles, and arts and crafts(Nelson Par 3). Anyone who has ever dealt with a child or children know things may become very messy, what if there was a way children can be taught life skills such as cleaning? In fact that is what structured play can do. As children are
The first cognitive ability is Fluid reasoning also known as Fluid Intelligence is our mind’s ability to figure out a situation and then to think quickly and process an answer to that situation, this ability also applies to long term memory as well. He continued to tell me cognitive abilities are brain based skills we use to perform simple tasks to more difficult ones. They are closely related to how we learn, remember things, solve problems and pay attention rather than with any prior knowledge to the subject. He also explained that there are 7 main cognitive functions perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual, spatial processing and executive functions he told me I will only go into detail on the important ones. Perception is our response to things we recognize and interpret like our sense of smell. Attention is one’s capacity to maintain concentration on an object action or thought. Memory is the ability to remember long term and short term
Psychological tools are signs and symbols, such as braille, numbers, letters, maps, codes, and language that influence our learning and allow people to further their cognitive development. Vygotsky believed that “the essence of cognitive development is mastering the use of psychological tools such as language to accomplish the kind of advanced thinking and problem solving that could not be accomplished without those tools.” Psychological tools are implemented in our learning from day one. In elementary school you are taught how to count to one hundred within the first year while also learning the alphabet. We are taught the...
Cognitive development is the study of the ability to think and understand. It is a field of neur...
...ideas and how each one of them will impact our classroom not only as an individual member of our room. Every one had an opportunity to contribute and express their thinking without making fun. By doing this activity the students mastered the activity without conflict and/or put-downs. According to T. Tamara “Teachers who apply psychosocial development in the classrooms create an environment where each child feels appreciated and is comfortable with learning new things and building relationships with peers without fear” (Tamara, 2010).
Children have a natural inclination to play, alongside a natural instinct to learn and to be curious and inventive, which are characteristics of the human race in general. This quote taken from Janet Moyles is a good starting point for this essay. It is well known that children love to play. If a child were to be left to his/her own devices they would happily play and create new worlds anywhere they were left. It has been well documented and researched that children learn excellently through play. However they are not always given the opportunity to do so, instead being told to, ‘finish your work and then you can go play’. Obviously this is not always the case, but the fact that it is a common practice shows that we do not all fully appreciate the importance of play to children’s learning. This essay will attempt to show how children learn through play, making reference to current theory and practice. I will also give examples from my own first-hand experience of how children learn and develop as people through play.
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In recent years, researchers in the field of psychology have turned their collective attention to the developing field of cognition. The term comes from the Latin word cognoscere, meaning “to come to know”, and today is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “the act or process of knowing, including both awareness and judgment”. Cognitive psychology seeks to identify and examine the elements composing human intelligence. This includes the study of human learning or intellectual development, problem solving, memory, the human language, and the processing and comprehension of information. These functions are often taken for granted as part of human existence. Yet, when thoroughly investigated, these inner-workings of the human brain reveal patterns, methods, and, in general, a science behind the rather ethereal term “intelligence”. For this reason, cognitive psychology is of great interest to researchers in the field of artificial intelligence. If intelligence can be identified in human cognition, then there is a valid chance that that same intelligence can be transferred and re-created in a programmed computer. The development of cognitive psychology has lead to related fields of cognitive neurology, or cognitive neuro-psychology, wherein neurologists study the brain biology behind these cognitive human functions. This paper, however, will not discuss that element of cognition because of its complexity and breadth. Instead, language and problem solving will be highlighted and discussed as two important cognitive functions of humans, and will conclude by discussing the connection between the human mind and artificial intelligence.
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By interacting with others in play settings, children learn social rules such as, taking turns, trade, cooperation, sharing, rules, and mixing with other. They discover scenes and stories, solve problems, and negotiate their idea through social barriers. They know what they want to do and work conscientiously to do it. they learn the powerful lesson of pursuing their own ideas to a successful conclusion. Also, support most children progress from an egocentric view of the world to an understanding of the importance of social skills and rules, they learn that games such as follows the Leader, baseball, and soccer cannot work without everyone obeying to the same set of rules. It teaches children life has rules (laws) that we all must follow to function effectively. Research shows that children who involve “(in complex forms of socio-dramatic play have greater language skills than non-players, better social skills, more empathy, more imagination, and more of the subtle capacity to know what others mean. They are less aggressive and show more self-control and higher levels of thinking”.
Throughout the ages, humans have had an inherent interest in studying the complex area of human behaviour, even before psychology was established as a science. Because the study of behaviour is so broad and multifaceted, its scientific study poses particular challenges. Therefore, it can be beneficial to approach the scientific study of human behaviour from the perspective of cognitive psychology. This is the study of cognition, the mental processes that underlie human behaviour (Ling & Cattling, 2012).
I took this class because it aligns with other studies I have done. I have completed life coaching certificates and other psychology and mental classes. My expectations for this class are to learn what it means to educate and be educated. In life and business, I can see where understanding individual and/or group motivations can help show the bigger picture and give ideas on how to proceed.