PSYB21H3 Lecture : PSYB21_March 8.docx
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Cognitive 3 examples, physical 3 examples, social/emotional 2 examples. Briefly explain what the theory is then say how it is related to what that child did and how both correlates. Pshysical: effects of early physical maturity, fine + gross motor skills. Do not do chapter 4 (not included) Learning language requires joint attention or intersubjectivity the sharing of a common focus: shared visual attention, ex. Bottle- attention with the object that is being labeled: ex. Airplane- look there"s an airplane ; and everyone looks up. Adults often help their children learn using infant-directed: adults and child need to share attention. Around a year of age, most children begin to say single words. First words typically refer to objects around the child like dada, ball, or milk: piaget says it makes sense because sensory motor stage relates to concreate stage with things around that are important in their world.
