COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT READ: chapter 5, pp. 142-143; 148-162; chapter 6 pp.175;178

Why childhood?

PIAGET’s Preop and concrete . operational stages

SCANNING THE PREOP. SOCIAL WORLDof monsters,Halloween, Steven King, Home Alone…and death

Egocentrism, animism No identity constancy

Scanning the preoperational physical world

Conservation tasks Centering No reversibility

entering

The physical world cont

• Seriation Categorization

Piaget Test1) Mommy, the sun goes down because I go to sleep 2)Mommy, I’m afraid my stuffed animal will be mad at me3) Mommy, Mr. wind is going to hurt me (and the thunder will come get me

because I’m bad)!4) Mommy, we can’t live in Murfreesboro and Tennessee 5)Mommy, I’d like to get Mickey’s autograph 6) Mommy, when we crossed i24 and it said “Welcome to Georgia”, why wasn’t

there a string there ?7)(After a child sees you pouring identical cans of juice into different sized cups)…

Mommy, Joey has more than me!8) (After you put on a gorilla mask). HELP, HELP..There is a gorilla there!9) (During a talk on the phone with your niece:. Aunt Janet, aren’t I wearing a

nice dress?10)… Each class member make up an example

Piagetian IMPLICATIONS• FOR TEACHING: use hands on activities • For middle childhood issues: Waking up to

the real world can promote racism, ranking, and low self esteem.

(The difference between self-efficacy and self esteem -AKA your goal is to promote “hard work”!)

Putting together Piaget and EriksonInitiative Industry

(Preops) (Conc.Ops)

VYGOTSKY’S ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT___________wh

ZPD, SCAFFOLDING______________________

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONSgrowth of memory, thinking, and

inhibition

ADHD: Inhibitory deficit or something else?

* Diagnosis *Issues (and treatment)

Emerging environmental strategies for enhancing focus

Socioemotional development read: ch 6 omit observing the self and boy and girl play

The angel side of personalityHow caring changes and grows

(prosocial behavior)

The Angel Side of personality contProducing a caring child

Shame vs guilt; induction

Producing a caring child: summary

The devil side of personality: Aggression Developmental changes

Aggression typesreactive, instrumental relational aggression

Summary of the types

Highly Aggressive Kids

hostile attributional bias Maken em good!

Play: the heart of childhood Growth and decline of pretending

2________4___________7ish

collaborative fantasy play rough and tumble play

Purpose of playpracticing adulthood

coping with stresslearning how to relate

FriendshipsDevelopmental changes

What is a friend?

Popularity The rankings

(Popular and rejected children)Who is popular and rejected?

Helping rejected kids

Pubertal popularity shifts

(AKA Explaining and exploring middle school meanness (see 278-279 )

Bullyingwho are the victims?Preventing bullying?

TOPICS IN PARENTING AND SCHOOLING 1: parenting and family life

(chapter 7 : parenting styles and divorce sections)

Parenting styles-discussion and critique

DIVORCE a timeline of problems

who copes better or worse

Do this and hand it in

Topics in parenting and schooling # 2 (Intelligence ch 7– pp. 217-224)

Examining the WISC

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Decoding the scoreWhat does your score predict?

Is your score a measure of genetic gifts?Our species’ intelligence is RISING!!!!!

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Alternate Measure of Intelligence:Sternberg’s: analytic,

creative and practical intelligence

Read: Chapter 8 The expanding gap between puberty and full

adulthoodthe secular trend

Adolescence 1: physical development

Puberty 1 Puberty rituals world wide

Puberty 2 What happens at pubertyThe hormones

The MANY causes the physical changes

(testosterone,primary and secondary sexual characteristics;growth spurt)

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What do preteens know about puberty?Exploring sex education– with parents and in schools

progress, and gender and individual variability

Surprising environmental influences on the hypothalamic timerOverfeeding/obesity

Family stress

Early vs late maturers and acting out

Boys Early average lateGirls Early average late age 10------ 12----------- 14---- 16

Interesting facts about eating disorders

Interesting facts about emerging sexualityWhen it begins

Predicting the transition to intercourseBoys, girls, and sexuality

Intercourse trends

Adolescence 2:cognitive and socioemotional developmentchapter 9- omit relationships section

Teenage storm and stress

Teenage strengths

Kohlberg’s preconventional and post conventional stages

Summing up the teenage mind

Teenage Person- Environment fit

A final note on the teenage brain