Option: Cognition and development

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Explain Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, including schema, assimilation, accommodation, equilibration and the stages of intellectual development.
Explain Piaget’s theory of conservation, class inclusion and perspective-taking, and evaluate the methods and conclusions of Piaget’s research with children.
Explain Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development, including the zone of proximal development, scaffolding and the role of language, and compare it with Piaget’s account.

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Explain Baillargeon’s explanation of early infant physical reasoning, including violation of expectation research into object permanence, and evaluate what infant studies suggest about the timing of cognitive abilities.

Explain Selman’s levels of perspective-taking and evaluate explanations and research into the development of social cognition.

Apply theories and evidence from cognitive development to novel scenarios involving children’s reasoning, perspective-taking and learning.

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