What is development? Development can be defined as a process of economic and social advancement in terms of quality of human life.

The development gap refers to the widening gap between the richest (most developed) and poorest (least developed) countries of the world. Development in this sense can be referred to …

Further limitations is that Piaget’s beliefs were that children went through a sequential set of cognitive development stages one at a time and were unable to recognise that sometimes …

The development gap emphasises the divide between the affluent and those in poverty. This is usually called the North-South Divide, between the first world countries and the third world …

The four main theorists and theories in the field of child language acquisition are as follows: The innateness theory - Noam Chomsky. This theory suggests that ch...

Development in Geography refers to the standard of living and quality of life of its inhabitants. Development is a process of change that affects people's livelih...

Vygotsky agreed with many of the basics of Piaget’s cognitive development, especially children’s reasoning abilities which develop in a particular sequence however Vygotsky saw cognitive …

Explain why it is difficult to measure development. (10 marks) Due to the complexities of the world it is very difficult to measure development. When measuring development you have to take …

Give three disadvantages of using an economic measure of development such as GNI. Economic measures, especially simplistic measures such as GNI, can be misleading. Firstly, economic …

There are many other approaches which contradict Chomsky's theory but the nativist approach is still widely held in high regard by many language development experts. The nativist approach …