PSYC 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Task Analysis, Executive Functions, Intersubjectivity
24 Jul 2018
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Inhibiting tempting, counterproductive actions: control of cognition, strategies to enhance working memory, cognitive flexibility, highly predictive of later life outcomes (academic success, occupational status, Improves during preschool and elementary years college enrolment: how can we explain memory development, basic processes, associating events with one another, recognizing familiar objects, recalling facts and procedures, generalization from one instance to another. How: biological maturation - myelination and increased connectivity in the brain, experiences, mental strategies. Internalization delayed: adults act different around adhd kids, process of development, similar in all societies, guided participation, content is culture-specific, analyses of change involves: Intersubjectivity: mutual understanding that people share during communication, foundation to human cognitive development, continues to develop beyond infancy. I"ll look there too: what about autistic children, social referencing, 12-15 months. push kids b focusing on upper end of their abilities: not just teachers .
