PSYC 300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Visual Cortex, Motor Skill, Discovery Learning
Document Summary
This list of topics is meant as a guide to focus your studying for the exam. Several questions may be asked on each topic; therefore, you should be familiar with the details and overall concepts associated with each of them. Chapter 8: physical development in early childhood: basic aspects of physical growth (general growth curve and other aspects) First few years: general growth trend is rapid: brain growth and development: metabolism, lateralization, pruning, brain areas that show significant development. Metabolism: peaks around 4 years (twice as high as adult) Lateralization: 1) left very active from 3-6: right active from 8-10, age 5, 90% show hand preference. Pruning: leads to functional improvements and less plasticity. Visual areas: visual cortex and frontal eye-fields continue to myelinate. Develop ability to scan from left to right. Smooth pursuit improves: motor skill development: gross and fine motor skills. Gross: walking, running smoother, catching, throwing, swinging, riding. Progression of drawing skills: scribbles during second year.
