PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Asthma, Nocturnal Enuresis
16 Oct 2011
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Chapter 11 physical development in middle childhood. Worldwide variations in body size: heredity and environment both account for differences in body size, children who grow tallest usually reside in developed countries, where food is plentiful and infectious diseases are controlled. In contrast, small children usually live in less developed regions. Affect brain organization and behavior in many animal species. Common health problems: children from advantaged homes are at their healthiest in mid childhood, full of energy and play, a substantial number lack such basic necessities as a comfortable home and regular meals. Vision and hearing: most common vision problem is myopia. In studies of economically disadvantages school-age children, quality of food strongly predicted favorable cognitive deveolopment. In each case, parents fail to help children learn to regulate their own food intake: due to these experiences, obese kids develop maladaptive eating habits. More responsive than normal-weight individuals to external stimuli associated with food and less responsive to internal hunger.
