PSYCH 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Frontal Lobe, Egocentrism, Inductive Reasoning
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Growth slows (weight and height double instead of having previously tripled) Limbs get longer and bodies thin out as they age. Child can now pump a swing, climb a ladder, ride a bicycle, catch and kick a ball. Takes longer to master/develops last of the two. Has three components: myelination, corpus callosum, frontal lobes. Development of fatty sheath that speeds neuronal transmission. Provides faster thought processing and reduced reduction time. Bands of neurons that connect the two brain hemispheres. Grows and myelinates rapidly between 2-6 years of age. 1 in 700 children die from unintended injury before they turn 15-years-old. 3x at risk of cancer, leading to lethal child disease. Develops capacity to mentally represent the external world by the end of sensorimotor period, before preoperational period. An inability to step back from the immediate perception and think conceptually. Amount of substance remains the same despite changes in shape.
