In Your Child’s Brain Development: Age One, Gross touches on several topics related to the upbringing of babies. For example, she explains concisely and straightforwardly to future and new parents how infants’ brains work in terms of biology, neurology, and behavior (Gross, 2015). Gross (2015) also reveals to them and other interested readers the nature of the drivers, triggers, and motivations for specific actions of infants. Moreover, this expert in psychology, sociology, and education gives her readers advice on how to make their children’s cognitive and socio-mental development safer and more efficient (Gross, 2015). She does all this through the lens of the four phases of cognitive development conceptualized and defined by Jean Piaget.
Your Child’s Brain Development: Age One contains several hints that its author is a proponent of Piaget’s perspective on the process and mechanisms of human mental growth. The first clear sign is Gross’s focus on explaining babies’ brain activity and cognitive function. Piaget’s concept is known for focusing on “the nature of intelligence” more than any other lifespan theories (Cherry, 2022, para. 1). Throughout the second part of the article; it is clearly seen that Gross tries to teach her audience that “infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects” (Cherry, 2022, para. 11). The legendary Swiss psychologist was the first to propose this idea. The first paragraph of the section titled Social and Cognitive Learning explains and extends this inference of Piaget (Gross, 2015). In addition, both Gross and Piaget believe that toddlers use concrete concepts and terms to think, learn, and interpret. Simply put, Gross partially retells and adds to what is known about Piaget’s sensorimotor stage in her digital work.
References
Cherry, K. (2022). Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development are explained. Verywell Mind. Web.
Gross, G. (2015). Your child’s brain development: Age one. HuffPost. Web.