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Cognition and Development

Prep work to complete
Cog and Dev Information pack
It's a Good idea to print the pack out. And bring to class with you.

Cogntive development is a fascinating topic - HOWEVER some of the concepts are tricky. You must complete the prep's for the lessons to the best of your ability. If you don't you will find this topic challenging. There is a no 'blagging' these topics. 

Complete prep 1 and 2 together. 

The concepts in prep 1 and 2 are ALL part of Piaget's theory. It is best if you complete both of these preps together - So that you have full understanding of all of the A01. 
Prep 1 - Piaget's theory of cog dev
Prep 2 - Piaget's Stages of intellectual development

Prep 3 - Vygotsky's theory of cog dev

Prep 4 - Baillargeon's explanation of early infant abilities

Prep 5 - Selman's level of perspective taking

Prep 6 - Social Cognition - Theory of Mind

prep 7  - Social cognition - The mirror neuron System

very useful links to clips

You may have found that some of the topics or studies in the unit are a little abstract. One thing you can do is to watch clips that demonstrate examples of the research. Here are some clips - but you can easily find more by searching on youtube. 


Violation of expectation clips
  • Physical Reasoning   VOE Support events Baillargeon - Baillargeon
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwgo2O5Vk_g  Baillargeon explaining VoE and more examples. 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd7OIDm_btM - Baillargeon
  • https://www.massolit.io/courses/cognitive-development-beyond-piaget/classic-study-baillargeon-s-drawbridge-study
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Mirror Neurons
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq1-ZxV9Dc4 great summary of mirror neurons. ​
  • Fascinating explanation of how mirror neurons aided evolution. Also Difference between perception and touch mirror neurons. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/vs-ramachandran-the-neurons-that-shaped-civilization#watch