Chapter 5

In this chapter I have learned more then three things for sure but the three that I am going to type about are Piaget, babies and how they act, and the three different types of parents.

Cognition is all the mental activites associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. Jean Piaget researched child and how they responded to things. For example he gave them tests and noticed that the ones they got wrong others also got wrong. In his study he found out that children's minds aren't developed like adults. His results found that a typical new born to 2-year-olds have a mind set of experiencing new things just by the 5 senses. Two to seven-year-olds don't logically think they act by what they see, they don't really think for them selevs. 7 to 11-year-olds think logically about events, they think for themselves and can grasp concepts. Twelve through adulthoods are becoming more mature and can think with logical reasoning.

Babies develop an anxiety for their parents. If they are approuched and taken away to be held by a stranger, they sometimes cry and reach for someone they know or recognize. When babies are with their parents they are happy and can play with ease, when the parents leave they are distressed and cry. When the parents come back the babies just want their parents and be comforted by them.

There are three different types of parents, authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. Authoritarians, they are the type of parents that are very strict and don't let you get away with anything. Permissive parents are very laid back and don't really care what you do. Authoritative parents have a little bit of both types. They are strict but also let their child or children do things and get away with some things. Children with Authoritative parents nomally grow up to have a high self-esteam, self-reliance, and social competence usually have warm, and have concern towards others. Children with authoritarian parents are less social skilled and self-esteam. Children with permissive parents are more aggressive and are immature when they grow up.