HDFS 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: White Matter
8 Oct 2018
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Weight: doubles from age 6 to 11. Girls retain more fatty tissue than boys. African american boys and girls grow faster than white children. Use of large muscle groups becomes more coordinated and agile. Running (faster), jumping (farther), hopping & ball skills more refined. Fine motor skills continue to improve (e. g. , writing) Games with rules common (ghosts in the graveyard, bloody murder, etc. ) Games tend to be informal and spontaneous. Recess promotes agility, social competence, & fosters adjustment to school. Vigorous play that involves wrestling, kicking, chasing, and screaming. Approximately 40% of 9 to 13 year olds participate in organized athletics. To improve motor skills, sports programs should: Pruning of unused dendrites - the brain becomes tuned to the experiences of the child. Common violence among children"s childhood, will affect them heavily. Increases in white matter, or materials that transmit information (transmitting information gets faster) Changes correlate with experience and improved abilities (e. g. , language)
