DEP 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Myelin, Reticular Formation, Cerebral Cortex
31 May 2017
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Nutritional needs of preschoolers less food, sine rate of growth slows down what preschoolers should eat low fat, high iron, avoid sodium. What"s the most common illness during the preschool years/early childhood? runny nose. 10% in the right hemisphere or no specific language center language lateralization for girls evenly divided brain growth spurts during the preschool years/early childhood at 1. 5 and 2 years (increase in language ability) Symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning emerges and the use of concepts increases; time of stability and change. What does language allow children to do in the preoperational stage? think about the future. They are less dependent on sensorimotor activity to understand the world, but aren"t yet capable of operations. At what age does curiosity blossom? (the why years) Grasp on functionality (actions, events, and outcomes are related to one another in fixed patterns) Aware of identity (certain things are the same, regardless of changes in shape, size and appearance)
