Summarize brain development, and changes in motor development and skills in middle childhood.
Summarize brain development, and changes in motor development and skills in middle childhood. Discuss Piaget’s ideas about cognition in middle childhood (what stage, skills that develop, tasks, etc.)
Be sure to use key terms to discuss cognitive skills that children develop during this period (e.g. classification, seriation, etc).
The information processing model of cognition focuses on input, processing, and output. Using information from the module resources, discuss the relationship between working memory and attention.
Give original examples of how working memory issues can affect school success and progression. What advice would you give a parent about helping their kids develop WM skills?
Describe the main features and critiques of intelligence, aptitude and achievement tests. Explain Gardner’s ideas about intelligence, and the strengths and limitations of the theory.
Explain the differences and similarities between ADHD and specific learning disabilities (treat SLDs as a category).
Explain the concept of neurodiversity. and discuss how it might affect the way we think about people with ADHD or ASD as well as other developmental psychopathologies.
Explain the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and how they develop or are influenced by environmental factors. What are the problems that arise from a focus on extrinsic rewards?
Discuss how the Maya approach to chores facilitates the development of intrinsic motivation.
What changes would many parents in the US need to make to encourage the same type of behavior in their children?
Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs create brain and nervous system changes that can affect our physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being for a lifetime.
Discuss the impact of stress on kids and how it might reveal itself in middle childhood. How do children’s responses to stress vary? What factors promote resilience in children and allow for favorable adjustment following stress?
Identify and describe Baumrind’s four parenting ‘styles’ and discuss the limitations of this model.
Describe cultural variations in how parents discipline young children and explain how cultural context can influence children’s responses to discipline.
Be sure to differentiate between corporal punishment and other forms of discipline. How might toxic stress affect parenting, and what can parents do to manage the impact of stress?
