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COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2020-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

... the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.

CONT

Cognitive development refers to how a person perceives, thinks, and gains understanding of his or her world through the interaction of genetic and learned factors. Among the areas of cognitive development are information processing, intelligence, reasoning, language development and memory.

CONT

Intellectual development refers here to the changes that occur, as a result of growth and experience, in a person’s capacities for thinking, reasoning, relating, judging, conceptualizing, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

Par développement cognitif on entend l'évolution de grandes fonctions comme l'intelligence, la mémoire, le langage, la numération, etc.

CONT

Le développement intellectuel ou cognitif désigne l'acquisition de connaissances, la capacité à penser de façon créative, à être attentif, à comprendre et résoudre des problèmes, à mémoriser des informations et à exercer son jugement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

Beginning in infancy, the acquisition of intelligence, conscious thought, and problem-solving abilities. An orderly sequence in the increase of knowledge derived from sensori-motor activity has been empirically demonstrated by Piaget.

CONT

... the Swiss Piaget mapped stages of cognitive development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

Le constructivisme de Piaget est axé sur le développement cognitif, auquel il subordonne les autres aspects du développement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
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