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Cognition Development in Children As defined in our text book, Cognition refers to the process or faculties by which knowledge is acquired and manipulated. Cognition is usually thought of as being mental, so, cognition is a reflection of a mind. Cognition is not directly observable. We cannot see or directly measure what underlines children's performance on these and other tasks. We can understand what is going on in their heads by assessing certain aspects of their behavior. Cognition is never measured directly but is inferred from the behaviors we can observe. It's not the overt, countable behaviors that is important but the processes or skills that underline them. How does memory in remembering words and pictures reflect how information is stored in the minds of children of different ages? What do children know about the minds of others? "To what extent are young children's less sophisticated cognitive skills a function of...

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