Cognition in Infancy and Early Childhood

DEP 2000
Complete a thorough description of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage. Include a brief description for each substage.
Complete a thorough description of Piaget’s preoperational stage. Include the basic premise of the stage, the strengths and weaknesses of the theory (based on research, not your opinion), and be sure to include all major components of the theory:
Operations
The relation between language and thought
Centration (include examples)
Conservation (include examples)
Transformation
Egocentric thought
Then, compare and contrast Piaget’s theory of cognitive development in early childhood to Vygotsky’s theory. Include the major components of Vygotsky’s theory as well.
Zone of proximal development
Scaffolding
The paper must be three typed pages (approximately 1 page per topic), in APA format (size 12 Times New Roman font, 1” margins, double spaced, paragraph format with headings). Please have your paper proof read. Papers with gross grammatical errors will not be graded. All information must be cited. Even if you paraphrase, you must cite where you learned the information. Papers that include plagiarism will not be graded.