Cognitive development refers to growth in a range of thinking and learning skills, including language, attention, planning, problem - solving and memory.
Not exact matches
Liz McGregor
referred to the estimated # 21 billion loss in
cognitive development caused by formula feeding.
Of course, I'm
referring to the amount of time I'd be outside playing, running around like crazy after a ball, on my bike, up a tree, building dens and playing in sand and mud, all whilst sharing each important (to my social, emotional, intellectual and
cognitive development, as well as my mental and physical health) experience with my mates.
In his most recent book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough hypothesizes that a child's success depends less on pure
cognitive ability and more on the
development of a collection of qualities
referred to as non-
cognitive skills.
Anti-smoking socialisation
refers to parent — child interactions that influence the
development of children's
cognitive and behavioural norms regarding smoking.4 — 7 During the childhood years, through communication, rule setting, monitoring, guided experience, and other socialisation practices, parents can influence children's perceptions of the prevalence of smoking, of the acceptability of smoking, and of the personal and social consequences of smoking.
The term infant mental health
refers to the healthy social, emotional, and
cognitive development of children under the age of three.
From a socio - cultural viewpoint, cognitively responsive behaviours (e.g. maintaining versus redirecting interests, rich verbal input) are thought to facilitate higher levels of learning because they provide a structure or scaffold for the young child's immature skills, such as developing attentional and
cognitive capacities.9 Responsive behaviours in this framework promote joint engagement and reciprocity in the parent - child interaction and help a child learn to assume a more active and ultimately independent role in the learning process.10 Responsive support for the child to become actively engaged in solving problems is often
referred to as parental scaffolding, and is also thought to be key for facilitating children's
development of self - regulation and executive function skills, behaviours that allow the child to ultimately assume responsibility for their well - being.11, 12
In other words, as stated in the final report about positive family functioning edited by the Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2010), family functions
refers to a variety of characteristics encompassing several domains such as emotional attributes (e.g., closeness of parent — child relationships, warmth, sensitivity, perceived support, and safety), family governance issues (e.g., members» role, age appropriate rules), engagement and
cognitive development, physical health habits, quality of intra-familial relationships (e.g., parent — child interactions, parent - parent relationships, spouse — spouse relationships), and social connectedness (e.g., relationships with the extended family, activities outside the family unit, members» role balance).