Need an argumentative essay on Explain the development of perception in children. Needs to be 2 pages. Please no plagiarism.orth noting that perception does not develop in isolation rather it is influ

Need an argumentative essay on Explain the development of perception in children. Needs to be 2 pages. Please no plagiarism.

orth noting that perception does not develop in isolation rather it is influenced by other developmental factors of children such as motor, sensory and cognitive development. I will argue that perception develops through maturation and that it is an aspect of cognitive development. As such, development of perception will be explained using Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.

Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk performed an experiment known as the ‘visual cliff’ and observed that all human senses are present at birth and function to some degree (Sigelman & Rider, 174-188). What children are unable to do at this stage is to make sense of the environment or to interpret the sensory inputs and this is where perception comes in. Children at birth are able to do simple reflexes such as sucking, grasping objects and following them with eyes but cannot interpret them. We have different senses such as vision, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting but children must be able to interpret and attach meaning to the things we sense in the environment. To do this, children need to perceive. So what is perception? Perception is the process of recognising and interpreting sensory information or input (Siegelman & Rider, 174). They also contend that “everything we do depends on the ability to sense and perceive the world around us” (174). According to nativists, perception is not learnt but innate capabilities and maturation drive perceptual development. However, learning schemas and cognitive input is necessary to develop perception.

The first stage according to Piaget is sensorimotor. At this stage, children have learnt simple reflexes such as sucking and grasping and as time goes on they start focusing on purposeful behaviour, that is, they repeat interesting behaviours such as sucking hands (Rathus, Veenvliet & Maheu, 176). They also discover the relationship between the body and the environment and separating activities such as looking and reaching. They also