Outline for Chapter 5

Chapter 5
Cognitive Development in Infancy

Cognitive Changes

I Piaget’s view of the first 2 years
II Challenges to Piaget’s view
III Alternative approaches

Learning Categorizing and Remembering

I Conditioning and modeling
II Schematic learning
III Memory

The Beginnings of Language

I Theoretical perspectives
II An eclectic approach to explaining language development
III Sounds, gestures, and word meanings
IV The first words
V The first sentences
VI Individual differences in language development
VII Language development across cultures

Measuring Intelligence in Infancy

A. Bayley Scales of Infant Development: the best-known and most widely used test of infant “intelligence.” Measure primarily sensory and motor skills.