CLDP 3338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Imaginary Audience, Frontal Lobe, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

• School: UT-Dallas
• Department: Child Learning and Development
• Course: CLDP 3338
• Professor: John Santrock

Document Summary

The neuroconstructivist view: biological processes and environmental conditions influence brain development (like epigenetics, the brain has plasticity and is context dependent, development of the brain is linked closely with cognitive development. Indicates that activities adolescents choose to engage in influence which connections strengthen. Inadequately describes how socioemotional capabilities contribute to cognitive development: not specific about age-related changes, overemphasizes role of language in thinking, pitfalls in over collaboration and guidance (giving the answer rather than leading them to it) Influenced both by the capacity and the speed of processing: capacity increase allows to hold several dimensions of a topic/problem simultaneously, speed increases throughout adolescence and slows late adulthood; faster performance on tasks. Verbatism analytical thinking: gist-based intuition (most beneficial for risky situations, critical thinking: thinking reflectively and productively and evaluating the evidence, mindfulness being alert, mentally present, cognitively flexible to accept various perspectives, developmental changes that occur in adolescents.