PSY 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Early Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Fokker E.Ii
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Physical and cognitive development in early childhood: physical growth, steady growth, differences in growth, boys are heavier than girls, change in nutritional needs, threats. Injury i. ii: lead poisoning, the growing brain, grows faster than any other part of the body, lateralization (differential growth between the l and r hemisphere, handedness, cognitive development, handedness, gross motor skills and some fine motor skills. Information processing approach: understanding numbers, principles of counting, simple addition and subtraction, memory i. Include a short, simple explanation: reinforcement rewarding positive behavior, external, tangible candy, money, stickers. Inductive techniques reasoning with the child (most effective) e: power asserting discourage undesirable behaviors by physical or verbal exertion of power, withdrawal of love ignoring, isolating, or showing dislike for a child. Physical development in middle childhood: between ages 6-11 children grow 2-3 inches and double their weight. Increasingly sophisticated in handling information: develop metamemory thinking about memory c.
