Essays on Cognitive Development

Introduction Hong Kong is a diverse society. According to the Census and Statistics Department (‘2016 Population By-census’, 2019), 584,000 ethnic minorities are living in Hong Kong, taking up 8% of the total Hong Kong population. Drawing from the Hong Kong Education Bureau cited in Wong…

Introduction Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Robert Fulghum When Friedrich Frobel created the institution of kindergarten in the early 1800’s, he envisioned a “garden of children”…

Cognitive development is a branch of neuroscience and psychology that explores learning of languages and processing of information from the time of birth to adulthood. It also stretches its focus to the child’s conceptual resources and perpetual skills and especially covers how the child’s brain…

Concerning Risks of Childhood Beauty Pageants and Current Regulations “Beauty Pageant participation has skyrocketed since the late 1990’s, and today more than 16,000 [natural] and glitz child pageants are held annually in the United States, with an estimated 290,000 contestants” (Cartwright 1105). Contestants, from one…

Introduction Father engagement entails a father-child relationship that allows for the father to be involved in the activities of the child both socially and academically. For this paper, father engagement will be analyzed in the academic realm and the impact it has on the child’s…

Aging can bring on significant cognitive declines in memory, attention, and executive functions. Risk factors associated with cognitive changes can be age, family history, low education, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiopathies, and cerebrovascular diseases. Intervention programs intended to improve cognitive between older adults have increased in…

Tao and Luhan were sitting in the EXO-M dorm’s common room. Luhan was clutching the deer plushie that Tao had given to him on his birthday, while the other was fiddling around with his own hair. They were both there because that morning, right before…

Concrete, brick, steel, and wood these building materials have been used for years to fabricate the most essential aspects of our lives. They can be used to create the tallest buildings, longest highways, or even complicated safety equipment that protect the ones we love. It…

Positive thinking has become a popular mantra in modern society. Some people think it’s supposed to magically solve all their problems. But that’s far from what it is. Pеорlе who say, “With роѕitivе thinking, you can do just аbоut аnуthing”, are еithеr ignorant or living…

MINDFULLNESS Introduction “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” – Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn (1991). The concept of mindfulness had originated from eastern ground of Buddhism. In Buddhist conventions, “mindfulness” has a relation with term “sati” in…