H.D - Chapter 5 Flashcards
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Brain Growth
10-12 yrs
Frontal lobes become more developed
Improvements in logic, planning, and memory are evident
Due to myelination
Childhood Obesity
Due to genetics and environment
Overweight Linked to impaired functioning -> Working memory, mental flexibility, decision making, control impulses and delayed gratification (hard to avoid unhealthy food)
Psychological Consequences:
-Discrimination
-Lower self-esteem
-agression
-depression
Decentration
Concrete operational
Children no longer focus on obvious
Allows conservation
EX: not only focus on height of glass, also focus on width
Reversibility
Child learns that some things have been changed can be returned to their original state
EX: water can be frozen, and come water again
EX: math
Information Processing Model
- Stimulus
- Sensory Register
- Attention
- Working memory or short-term memory
- Long-term memory
- Central Executive System - coordinating cognitive activity (CEO of mind, controls conscious part)
Working Memory / Short-term memory
Amount of info you can hold in your mimd to think about something RIGHT NOW
EX: not info. used during an exam
Long-term Memory
EX: Info given now that you want to remember in the future
Information Processing: Executive Function
mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.
How we regulate our thinking
Inhibition
Ability to stop behavior
delayed gratification
Selective Attention
Early stage of attention
Trying to decide what to pay attention to
inner speech with children
ADHD
Great difficulty with , and avoidance of tasks that require sustained attention (reading, conversation) , failure to follow directions, disorganizations, forgetfulness, hyperactivity
ADHD Intervetions
Medication and behavioral approach
No correlation between medication and substance abuse
Increase in rate of ADHD
Instrumental Aggression
Intended to achieve a particular goal
Hostile Agression
Hostile action in response to others
verbal or physical
EX: be aggressive bc you don’t like the person / want to be mean
Happens later
Need understanding of consequences
Theory of mind - take perspective
Relational Agression
Hostile action to harm relationship
verbal
Mean girls (gossiping)
Bilingualism
-Cognitive advantages
-Speak only limited versions of both languages
-Delays Alzheimer’s disease
-Hear language better and more sensitive
-boost your memory
-Increased attention and better at multitasking
Peer Acceptance
-Popular
-Rejected
-Controversial
-Neglected
Long term consequences of Popularity
-Stronger marriages
-earn more money
-have better health outcomes
long-term consequences of unpopular children
-Experienced greater anxiety
-depression
-substance abuse
-obesity
-suicide
Denied opportunities to build social skills
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Most widely used intelligence test for adults
Scores on 4 domains:
-Verbal Comprehension
-Fluid reasoning
-Processing Speed
-Working memory
High reliability
Hard to measure all
Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
Stenberg
People may display more or less analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence
Analytical Intelligence
Traditional tests assess
Academic problem solving and performing calculations
Creative Intelligence
Do not assess
the ability to adapt to new situations and create new ideas
Practical Intelligence
Do not assess
The ability to demonstrate common sense and street-smart
