PSYCH 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Synaptogenesis, Executive Functions, Psych
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Review outline for exam 2 psych 250-001 (monk) Physical and cog dev in early childhood ch. Physical growth principles and characteristics: cephocaudal principle. 3-year-olds have large heads and round bodies. Limbs get longer and bodies thing out with age: growth slows. Weight and height double between 2-12 (in comparison with tripling from 0-1) Motor development e. g. , gross and fine: gross motor skills = involve large muscle movements. Examples: pump a swing, climb ladder, throw/kick a ball: fine motor skills = small, coordinated movements. Take longer to master because require muscular control, patience, judgment. Brain development myelination, corpus callosum, frontal lobes. Examples: pouring juice, buttoning shirt: myelination = development of a fatty sheath that speeds neuronal transmission. Helps with: faster thought processing, reaction time, daily activities (reading, hitting a baseball, etc. , corpus callosum = band of neurons that connects the 2 brain hemispheres. Allows children to coordinate functions (movement and thoughts: frontal lobe.
