The primary goal of this literature review is to integrate concepts from four different content domains within the larger field of psychology. The four content domains should be chosen from previous c

Thesis Statement

Heather Yant

PSY 699 Master of Arts in Psychology Capstone

Instructor: Wallace Smith

10/16/18

Thesis Statement for the Integrative Literature Review

Introduction

Learning is influenced by cognitive development, neurodevelopment, personality traits, and cognitive skills. These areas play a vital role in child learning development. Cognitive development focuses on understanding the child’s mind and processes that influence learning, thinking, and intelligence. The neurodevelopment, on the other hand, offers some insights on the development of the nervous system and it is current stages to understand the deficits that arise from abnormal brain development that affects learning and reasoning in a child. The child’s personality will influence how a child interacts with other children, and this usually changes learning. The cognitive skills are cores skills used by brains to think, read, learn, remember, reason and pay attention and they often affect a child’s development. The primary reason for this literature review is to offer some insight into a child’s learning development and measures that can be applied to improve learning.

Literature review

This research is based on an analysis of various articles that are used in the four domains. The domains include the Biological domain, Cognitive domain, Developmental domain and Social and personality domains. The materials contain extensive information about mental process and behavior. The mental processes and behavior play a vital role in a child’s learning and development. The research will encompass current knowledge and my inputs on what I observed from the study.

Areas of inquiry:

The area of investigation focused on is cognitive development, neurodevelopment, personality traits, and cognitive skills and how this area plays vital roles in the human mind and this case it is focused on child’s learning and development. Neurodevelopment is the term that refers to the brain development of neurological pathways that influence the performance of functioning, for example, intellectual functioning, reading ability, social skills, memory, and attention of focus skills. When an individual learns how to do something they improve neurodevelopment. In regards to learning in children, neurodevelopment plays a vital role because every experience we face is as a result of brain processes.

Child learning and development is a relevant topic in psychology because it addresses the mental process and disability that a child might face due to a problem in neurodevelopment. The parents can have some insight into what they can do to ensure a child develops well. The activities our child engages in help in promoting a child’s learning and development can have a positive impact on the child. In the article by Frith, (2005), his findings support this theory by indicating that brain processes arise from the first-person perspective, feeling, awareness, and phenomenal experiences. The information that is used to back up this information is obtained from the biological content domains which study genetic, neurosciences and how it affects the brains to process (Frith, 2005).

Cognitive development explains and looks at how a person perceives, thinks and gains an understanding of his or her world through the interaction of genetics and learned factors. The critical areas in cognitive development include information processing, intelligence, reasoning, language development, and memory. A child’s learning and development are influenced by cognitive development. In the article Association of Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor and Intuitive Domains in Education, the research indicates that most learning takes place in the brain (Sönmez, 2017). Therefore, learning is a process: of creating cultural change in the mind as a result of biochemical effects around by physical stimulants and the dynamic outcomes of this process. Learning is a process. It is a taxonomical classification known as cognitive, psychomotor, effective and intuitive.

This literature offers information and explanation on it effects to a child’s learning and is derived from cognitive content domains. This area is important in psychology because it provides some insight into the roles of cognition in a child’s learning development. The brain is the central area whereby mental processes, consciousness is built, hence the facilities learning; the personality traits that represent people’s characteristics and or patterns of thought, feelings, and behaviors. Spengler, Damian, & Roberts, (2018) research indicates that a student's symptoms and behavioral patterns in school are related to real life outcomes after controlling for Socioeconomic status (SES), Intelligence Quotient (IQ), and broad personality traits. Borkenau, & Penke’s (2016), research provides a deeper understanding of the structure and sources of creativity.

The study was done by Spengler, Damian, & Roberts, (2018) indicates that cognitive abilities and specific personality traits reflect the essential ingredient of creativity. This information supports the notion that personality plays a vital role in a child’s development. The research is necessary for psychology because it gives some insight on how personality traits influence a child’s creativity which is essential in a child’s learning and development. The psychologist may use this information to come up with a new method of improving a child’s learning. The cognitive skills are cores skills used by brains to think, read, learn, remember, reason and pay attention and they usually affect a child’s development. Research conducted by Bryant & Goswami (2012), indicates that cognitive developmental neuroscience reveals powerful learning in all three domains from the earliest month of child life.

Cognitive skills indicate that a child’s learning skills are a continuous process that began in the first stages of development and it continues to evolve until one achieves adult ages. Learning skills are learned through games and other activities a child engages in during the early stages of development. The information obtained to back this is received from developmental content domains. This research is essential in psychology because it reviews several viewpoints of various scholars that explains the impact of cognitive development in the child’s learning abilities. The cognitive factors influence the entire literature review because it impacts a child’s learning in each content domain and it offers necessary information that is essential in backing the perspective I choose in this research.

References

BRYANT, P., & GOSWAMI, U. (2012). Children’s cognitive development and learning. In The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys (pp. 161-189). Routledge.

Frith, C. (2005). The quest for consciousness: A neurobiological approach. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162(2), 407-407.

Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., Spinath, F. M., Borkenau, P., & Penke, L. (2016). The nature of creativity: The roles of genetic factors, personality traits, cognitive abilities, and environmental sources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(2), 230.

Sönmez, V. (2017). Association of Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor and Intuitive Domains in Education, Sönmez Model. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 5(3), 347-356.

Spengler, M., Damian, R. I., & Roberts, B. W. (2018). How you behave in school predicts life success above and beyond family background, broad traits, and cognitive ability. Journal of personality and social psychology.