NAME : SASKIA SILVANA PUTRI

NPM : 17040099

SESSION : 17’C

SUBJECT : READING REPORT ABOUT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

LECTURER : YULMIATI M.Pd

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

A. What is Cognitive Development

Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes, including remembering,

problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.

Children grow and develop rapidly in their first five years across the four main areas of
development. These areas are motor (physical), language and communication, cognitive and
social/emotional.
 
Cognitive development means how children think, explore and figure things out. It is the
development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions, which help children to
think about and understand the world around them. Brain development is part of cognitive
development.
 
As a parent, it is important to foster your child's cognitive development as soon as he/she is
born because doing so provides the foundation for your child's success in school and later in
life. For example, research shows that children who can distinguish sounds at six months of
age are better at acquiring the skills for learning to read at four and five years of age.
 
Another example of cognitive development is the neurological development which occurs
in the brain. Such development is characterized by the neuroplasticity of the brain, which
involves brain repair following injury and the ability of the brain to adapt to new
environmental and physiological conditions

In his theory of Cognitive development, Jean Piaget proposed that humans progress through
four developmental stages: the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and
formal operational period. The first of these, the sensorimotor stage "extends from birth to
the acquisition of language."
Why is Cognitive Development important?

 Cognitive development provides children with the means of paying attention to

thinking about the world around them.
 Everyday experiences can impact a child’s cognitive development.
 Cognitive development encompasses a child’s working memory, attention, as well as
a child’s ability to manage and respond to the experiences and information they
experience on a daily basis.
 Cognitive development can be compared to a child’s air traffic control tower – taking
in information and processing it on a daily basis with intent and purpose.

What skills fall under “cognitive development?

 Logic and reasoning

 Memory and working memory
 Attention
 Control
 Flexibility, ability to adapt
 Evaluation and analyzing skills
 Ability to make comparisons
 Explore and understand cause and effect
 Critical thinking, higher level thinking

How can I support my child’s cognitive development?

 Help children to keep focused and attentive by limiting distractions and interruptions.
 Express interest in your child’s activities and try to observe and reflect on what you
believe they are trying to accomplish.
 Spark curiosity by offering materials in new ways
 Spark curiosity by noticing things and suggesting, “Let’s go see what would happen
if?”
 Offer materials that are challenging enough to be interesting but not impossible
 Share the joy children feel as they show you their accomplishments.
 Help children develop memories by keeping the routine and room arrangement
predictable; keep toys where children know to find them
 Talk with children about what they did earlier in the day or the day before.
 Provide many opportunities to categorize, match, sort, compare, and contrast with
toys and activities.
 Encourage problem solving

https://www.wpri.com/rhode-show/homelife/the-importance-of-cognitive-development/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304183832_Cognitive_Development_Child_Educ
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