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| Basic Sequence In human motor develoment |
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o 4 months – sit on own
o 7 months – crawl
o 10 months – cruise
o 1 year – walk |
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| What factors underlie motor development |
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| Growing strength in bones |
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| Wayne Dennis orphanage study |
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nfants feed and bathed but little stimulation
o Significantly delayed in motor abilities
• E.g. More than ½ of the 1 year olds unable to sit
• Less than 15% of the 3 year olds able to walk |
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• Unnecessary pathways and connections are eliminated
• Experience plays a role in “fine tuning”
o Experience-expected/likely in normal environment |
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• Formation of myelin sheath
o Covering around individual axons
o Provides insulation and speeds up neuronal processes |
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Ability to focus cognitive activity on the important elements of a problem or situation
Happens during mylenation |
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Left hemisphere language tasks
Right hemishpere spatial tasks |
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| Myths of neuroscience and eduacation |
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No relationship between synaptic destiny and intelligence
Lateralization dominance |
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| How does poverty affect childrens health |
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o Lack of safe water & health care
o Diarrhea and malnutrition in poor countries |
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| A construct, the ability to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal affectively with the enviorment |
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Alfred Binet and theodore Simon
Practical problems and practical solutions
Could identify children who might have trouble with school |
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| Bayley scales of infant development |
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| Sensory and motor skills development, mental abilities and behavioral record for infants |
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| Gardners theories of intelligence criticisms |
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• Having a poor base of evidence
o Unique individuals
o In normal individuals most abilities highly correlated
• Reflecting talents rather then intelligences |
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| Analytical practical and creative intelligences |
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| Differences in sternberg and Gardner's theories |
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| Sternberg reflects definition of intelligence and source of info is normal individuals |
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| Uses of intelligence tests |
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| Predict school sucess and identify infant with developmental delays |
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| LImitiations of intelligence tests |
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| No relation with later IQ on Infant IQ tests |
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| Developmental Quotient numbers on Bayley IQ test |
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| What do infant IQ tests predict |
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| Speed of processing for infants |
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| How do we know intelligence can be influenced by enviorment? |
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IQ 11 points higher in upper class
1st borns have higher IQ's, more attention, nurturing |
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| Assess levels of intellectual stimulation on infants home enviorment |
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| How do we know intelligence is inherited? |
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| Twin and adoption studies, inherit predispositon |
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| Potential of someone's IQ, can differ between 20-25 points |
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