PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Role Model, Synaptic Pruning
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Brain growth during middle childhood: total brain volume stabilizes, synaptic pruning. Use it or lose it : increased cognitive control. Motor skill development in early childhood: gross-motor skills. Around age 4: develop ability to climb down stairs. Around age 5: increasingly daring with climbing, love racing/running: fine-motor skills. 3 yr. old: can pick up small things w/ finger and thumb but still clumsy. Motor development in middle childhood: gross motor skills more refined. Boys tend to do better than girls (bc more muscle: fine motor skills improve-more precise/refined. Exercise in early childhood: routine physical activity should be a daily occurrence. Exercise in middle childhood: us children don"t exercise enough, more activity linked with: better health and better cognitive skills, role of parents. Nutrition: eating habits important, affects their skeletal growth, body shape, and susceptibility to disease. Obesity in early childhood: more than 10% of 2-5 year olds are overweight, by age 5:
