PSYC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: More Adventurous, Prefrontal Cortex, 6 Years
3 Dec 2017
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Chapter 5 - physical and cognitive development in. 2. 5 inches, 5 to 7 pounds per year. Girls are slightly smaller and lighter than boys. Girls have more fatty tissue, boys have more muscle tissue. Most rapid growth in the brain in the prefrontal cortex. Being overweight has become a serious health problem in early childhood. Young children should engage in physical activity every day. 15 or more minutes of physical activity over a 12 hour period or about 3 hours per day hours per day. Leading causes of death for children in u. s. : Children represent the world with words, images, and drawings. Symbolic function sub-stage: gains ability to mentally represent object that is not present. Roughly between the ages of 2 and 4. Use primitive reasoning, wants to know answers to questions. Being able to understand that one can change something"s shape and not its properties. Speech: to communicate; and to help solve tasks.
