EDS200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Error Detection And Correction, Lev Vygotsky, Prefrontal Cortex
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Eds200-child, adolescent, and adult development lecture two 09-18-15. Review last week"s ticket out the door. Today"s lecture will be covering chapter 7. And finally a ticket out the door. The average child grows 2. 5 inches and gains 5-7 pounds. Brain and head is fastest growing part of the body. 2 hemispheres of the brain are connected by the corpus callosum. We know that our brains have less plasticity as we get older, but we also know that we can gain new abilities with practice and can recover function after injury. Boys are encouraged and expected to do these things (not as appropriate for girls), so boys get more opportunity to practice and believe they"re better at physical activities 9. Sports participation- some children join sports leagues as young as 4 or 5. May help motor skills develop and encourage certain social skills.
