Page No 297-303 Gobindand Manju
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science And Technology, Hisar (Haryana)
The association between home environment and children cognitive development is a complex conceptual issue. Home environment is the basic and essential nurturing support system for all the individuals. The most significant impact on an individual’s behavior perception and development comes from their family, which is their social biological unit. Parents are the role models for their children and they play important role in their life. Children go through different stages in life, so each members of family has their unique way of parenting that effect on children cognitive development. Parents may be strongly involved in the growth of their children by helping them gain understanding through thoughts and spending time learning with them. This study looked at the relationship, gender differences, and prediction between family environment and cognitive development in 30 girls and 30 boys from Haryana, India, who was between the ages of 4 and 6. The results showed significant gender difference on visual perception (t=4.81, p<.01) and total score of cognitive development (t=2.142, p<.05), stepwise regression revealed home environment as the only potent predictor of cognitive development which contributed 30% of total cognitive development among children