Concept information
Preferred term
cognitive development
Definition(s)
- Development occurs in three broad domains: physical, emotional/social, and cognitive. The focus of this entry is on the cognitive domain, because cognition is a central aspect of giftedness, creativity, and talent. [Source: Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent; Cognitive Development]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- abstract reasoning
- accommodation
- adaptation
- assimilation
- attention (psychology)
- attention span
- categorization
- cognitive dissonance
- cognitive equilibrium
- cognitive styles
- concrete operational period
- conservation
- convergent thinking
- creativity
- deductive reasoning
- dialectical thought
- egocentrism
- equilibration
- executive function
- five-to-seven shift
- formal operational period
- habituation
- humor
- imaginary audience
- imaginary friend
- imaginary thinking
- inductive reasoning
- information processing theory
- magical thinking
- metacognition
- moral development
- object permanence
- preoperational thought
- primary circular reactions
- scaffolding
- schemas
- sensory development
- social cognition
- stages of development
- stages of moral development
- theory of mind
- zone of proximal development
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FVM3RL8L-K
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