Describe the core knowledge perspective of cognitive development

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According to the core knowledge perspective, infants begin life with innate, special-purpose knowledge systems referred to as core domains of thought. Each of these "prewired" understandings permits a ready grasp of new, related information and therefore supports early, rapid development of certain aspects of cognition. Core knowledge theorists argue that infants could not make sense of the multifaceted stimulation around them without having been genetically "set up" in the course of evolution to comprehend its crucial aspects.
Two core domains have been studied extensively in infancy. The first is physical knowledge—in particular, understanding of objects and their effects on one another. The second is numerical knowledge—the capacity to keep track of multiple objects and to add and subtract small quantities. Physical and numerical knowledge permitted our ancestors to secure food and other resources from the environment.
Rather than regarding development as a general process, core knowledge theorists see it as domain-specific and uneven, with each core domain developing independently. And although initial knowledge is assumed to be innate, that knowledge becomes more elaborate as children explore, play, and interact with others.