Cognitive Psychology (PSY504)
Spring 2012
Solution of Assignment No. 01
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Assignment 01
An article on the topic “Understanding Cognitive Development: Automaticity and
the Early Years Child” has been uploaded on VULMS. You are required to
download that article, read the article in detail and write a summary of the article in
which following elements must be included:
• Introduction (Define the concept of automaticity in your own words) (3)
• Automaticity and Learning (5)
• Automaticity Deficits (5)
• Conclusion (Conclude the whole material of the article in a precise and
comprehensive manner) (2)
Note:
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Your summary should not exceed from 1000 words.
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You will be graded on the quality of your written material.
Solution
Students were required to cover following points in their article summary:
• In introduction, students will write brief overview and importance of the topic.
They can define the concept of automaticity in their own words as well as they
can mention how different theorists view automaticity.
• In automaticity and learning, students will describe the relationship between
automaticity and learning and the factors which are inevitable to develop
automaticity. They can give academic and non-academic examples as well with
reference to automaticity. They are required to mention the guidelines which are
suggested to aid the early development of automaticity such as:
The task must promote problem-solving strategies based on what the child
already knows
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