Describe Piaget’s preoperational stage and the characteristics of preoperational
thought
Summarize the challenges to Piaget’s theory
Describe Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development
Describe Information processing research on attention and memory
Describe the views of the neo–Piagetians
Describe theory–theory and the development of theory of mind
Describe the developmental changes in language
Describe the various types of early childhood education
Describe the characteristics of autism
