PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Only Time, Mendelian Inheritance, Dynamic Assessment
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Physical and cognitive development in middle childhood. Slow but steady : height changes, weight changes, only time in lifespan when on average girls taller than boys, variation in heights up to 6 inches not unusual, cultural patterns of growth. Should hormones be used to make short children grow: disease, genetic inheritance, artificial hormones: points to consider, currently taken by thousands of children with insufficient natural growth hormones, costly, nutritional benefits. Some side effects: children who received higher levels of nutrients had more energy and felt more self-confident than those whose nutritional intake was lower. What policy implications does this finding suggest? (source: based on barrett & radke-yarrow, 1985. : benefits of adequate nutrition. Less anxiety: more peer involvement, more positive emotions, more eagerness to explore new environments, more persistent in frustrating situations, generally higher energy levels, consequences of inadequate nutrition (see guatemalan study, barrett & frank, 1987) Undernutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide.
