T3D1 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Synaptogenesis and myelination in childhood?
Synaptogenesis and myelination continues in childhood
Frontal lobes control what
our ability to plan and organize new actions and to focus on a task (maintain attention)
Frontal lobes mature (myelinate) when
last
Where are childhood obesity rates in America
Compared to 34 countries, America is #2 in rates of childhood obesity
Should food be used as a reward?
No, leads to emotional eating
Descr variation in obesity rates
Statistically, in America obesity rates are higher in rural areas and among the poor
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage, Age 2-7, define egocentrism
Thinking that everybody sees things from the same perspective as you (three mountain task)
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage, Age 2-7, define animism
thinking that an inanimate object (stuffed animal) is alive
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage, Age 2-7, define symbolic function
Mentally representing objects that are not present (make drawings)
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage, Age 2-7, define artificialism
Humans make everything in nature “Daddy can turn off the moon”
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage, Age 2-7, define no identity constancy
somebody changes as their appearance changes
Define Preoperational thinking
Children are not able to look past the way things look at first glance
What is the three mountains task?
Illustrates egoism, a child in a preoperational stage will pick a photo from their perspective when asked what someone else sees from a different perspective
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage, define Preoperational thinking
Children are not able to look past the way things look at first glance
(age 2-7)
Describe ages and maturation of brain
5yr: not mature
Preteen: still not mature, less focusing and organizing
Teen: frontal lobes still not mature
20 yr: frontal lobes mostly mature
Summary of video on gravity error on tubes
Baby ignores curved tube and checks cup immediately below cup where object is placed, rather than understanding the curved tube
Summary of video of girl who can’t recognize dad after shaving beard
Illustrates “no identity constancy,” dad changed when his costume (beard) changed
Summary of video of baby and quarters video
Illustrates Piaget’s preoperational thinking, the child thought the row that was longer had more quarters until counting them. Blue water experiment– taller glass has more water
Piaget’s Preoperational (2nd) Stage: Conservational tasks, number
Two rows with same number of objects, one is lengthened, child reports longer row has more objects
Piaget’s Preoperational (2nd) Stage: Conservational tasks, matter
Two same size balls of clay, one is lengthened, child reports longer one has more clay
Piaget’s Preoperational (2nd) Stage: Conservational tasks, length
Two same size sticks, one is moved to the right, child reports stick moved is longer
Define Zone of Proximal Development
Vygotsky’s term for the range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master alone but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adults or more-skilled children (visualize ven diagram or concentric circles)
Piaget’s preoperational stage– when does transition happen with conservation
Transition happens between age 5-7, done at age 8.
Define scaffolding (Vygotsky’s Theory)
Step-by-step teaching a new skill on a child’s level.
Don’t do it for them (no ‘spoon-feeding’), help them do it themselves
