Human Growth and Development
Lecture 10 - Physical & Cognitive Development in Middle & Late Childhood
2/23/06
- Physical Changes & Health
- Body growth
- Motor development
- gross motor skills:
- fine motor skills:
- Organized sports
- Obesity
- Disabilities - ADHD
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- 1 or more of:
- inattention
- hyperactivity
- impulsivity
- not identified until 1st or 2nd grade
- 18% of American children (up from 1% in 1902). Why?
- Navy/Airforce commercial - "We’ve been waiting for you"
- Psychostimulants (Ritalin)
- Cognitive Changes
- Piaget
- Concrete operational thought
- Intelligence
- Book definition:
- Intelligence Quotient (IQ) =
- Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory - 3 kinds of intelligence
- Analytical
- Creative
- Practical
- Gardner’s Eight Frames of Mind
- Verbal
- Math
- Spatial
- Body movement
- Music
- Interpersonal
- Intrapersonal
- Naturalist
- Giftedness
- Language Development
- Importance of family context
- Bilingualism
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Last updated: 2/22/06