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Intellectual or cognitive development is the development of thinking and understanding and it is closely linked with language development.
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INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT Intellectual or cognitive development is the development of thinking and understanding and it is closely linked with language development. Memory is an aspect of cognitive development as it enables children to build on experiences and learn from them. In observation number four E.B places picture cards face down on the table she then matches them to the collecting board by memorising where she put the picture card she is looking for, this activity requires concentration the skill of focusing all attention on one task. E.B shows this in the observation by filling her collecting board and completing the task. Imagination is an aspect of cognitive development. 'Through using their imagination to play, children develop the ability to use one object to represent another'. (page 173) Beaver, M et al. 1999 In observation number five E.B plays with a doll which she represents as a baby. Piaget would say that this is because she...
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