A Level Psychology Cognition and Development Notes

12 pages of detailed notes covering the whole of the cognition and development topic (aimed at AQA)

Includes the following:

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: schemas, assimilation, accommodation,
equilibration, stages of intellectual development. Characteristics of these stages, including
object permanence, conservation, egocentrism and class inclusion.

Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development, including the zone of proximal development and scaffolding.

Baillargeon’s explanation of early infant abilities, including knowledge of the physical world;
violation of expectation research.

The development of social cognition: Selman’s levels of perspective-taking; theory of mind,
including theory of mind as an explanation for autism; the Sally-Anne study. The role of the
mirror neuron system in social cognition. 

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