PSYCH 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Executive Functions, Charlotte Selver
12 Oct 2018
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Require using or transforming previously acquired knowledge and skills. Complex cognitive skills that help us regulate (control, manage) our behaviors, thoughts, Executive functioning skills start developing immediately in babies. Continue to develop throughout adolescence and early adulthood, shaped by multiple context factors (bbm) Parent and teacher responses to behaviors and efforts @ self-regulation, modeling of ef, skills education and expectations all have tremendous impact on youth ef development. Stress and trauma negatively impact youth ability to develop ef. Neurological energy may be used to manage difficulties before it goes to. Children aren"t born with [executive functioning] skills-they are born with the potential to develop them - . Harvard university: response inhibition: first to develop (6-12 mo, example: young child learning to wait in line without being disruptive, adolescent, ability to choosing when to answer a teacher"s questions. Stop behaviors that are not successful i. ii. iii: manage distractions v.
