Core Knowledge Perspective on Cognitive Development

Question 1

Core Knowledge Perspective

Answer 1

• Innate knowledge systems, how else can infants make sense of their reality from birth?
• Evolutionary perspective
• Domain specific and unique, they develop independently

Question 2

What do they claim?

Answer 2

• Infants are aware of basic object properties and has basic number concepts
  Distinguishing sets of items
  Starring intently - keep track of objects

Critique
- Is it really numerical sensitivity they are showing?

Question 3

Children as Naive theorists

Answer 3

• Form theories or explanations about its cause, then test it against experience
• Give different types of explanation based on domains
  He eats ice cream cuz he likes it

Question 4

What are the critique against this theory?

Answer 4

• Which domain of thought is the infant equip with from birth?
• Infants should be able to learn in absence of experience
• How does heredity and environment jointly produce cognitive development?