1.) There are 4 types of development. Physical development covers the learning of the ability to walk. It also encompasses all muscle development, and the idea that the person generally becomes more physically efficient over time. Cognitive development deals with the development of a way to think. For example, an infant tends to over generalize information. If he sees an animal and is told that it is a dog, any furry animal with 4 legs and a tale …showed first 75 words of 886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 886 total…relatively precise towards a goal. The child achieves to mental capacity to fathom hypothetical questions, and solve them. This makes topics like algebra teachable. 4. Vygotsky's idea of the "zone of proximal development" is the idea of a child having an area of learning that is impossible to acquire without outside influence. Parents often inflict knowledge on a child, to help them grasp a situation. The amount of added information, or "scaffolding" generally decreases over time.