EDUC105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Long-Term Memory, Neuroplasticity, Grey Matter
21 Aug 2018
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The 4 areas of physical, cognitive, emotional + social development. Those which remain for a length of time. Results in adaptability, complexity of thinning and ability to organise physical development emotional development social development cognitive development: all elements are intertwined and do not act in isolation. Physical development: changes of body, will influence emotional + social development, e. g. self-image in adolescence affects emotional development, e. g. mobility influences social environment and, thereby, maturation. Emotional development: changes of understanding, regulation of feelings, sense of self. Social development: adjustment to culture, moral + social elements, changes over time. Cognitive development: changes in thinking processes and neurological connections, e. g. Child + baby deal with attachment to parents differently due to cognitive development. Baby cries when mother leaves room, believing her to have disappeared. Child understands that mother will return > gradual progression of cognitive development: john bulby attachment theory. E. g. size of body, height, weight + neuron connections in brain.
