SUBJECT: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY INSTRUCTIONS: Part 1: Article ReviewRead Bjorklund (2018) A metatheory for cognitive development (or “Piaget is

SUBJECT: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

INSTRUCTIONS:

Part 1: Article ReviewRead Bjorklund (2018) A metatheory for cognitive development (or “Piaget is Dead”Revisited).Introduction: Bjorklund’s paper argues for a new organizational structure for cognitivedevelopment. This structure is most compatible with core-knowledge and dynamic-systems theories discussed in chapter 4, but also encompasses major aspects ofinformation-processing theories and socio-cognitive theories discussed in chapter 4.

*Assignment 1 (30 points): Summarize each of the following Bjorklund’s main concepts (500-800 words):1. Proximal biological causation2. Distal biological causation3. Developmental cognitive neuroscience4. Behavioral Genetics and Epigenetics5. Adaptive value of cognitive immaturityPart 2: Discussion post on applying Bjorklund’s concepts to two material/findings reportedin your textbook in chapters 4, 5 and 6.Assignment (30 points): 

* Assignment 2 Choose ONE of Bjorklund’s main concepts you defined above,then summarize TWO examples of research summarized from your book (from chapters 4,5, and 6) that illustrates or applies to Bjorklund’s concept you chose (500 words).

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