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Health and Human Growth Development
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Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood (28 points)
Directions: Respond to each
“True or False” question. Please note that your response should include an
explanation with at least one (1) piece of evidence from the textbook that supports
your claim. Include references, please.
An example has been done for
you.
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True/False |
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Children’s
physical growth happens at a faster rate in early childhood than in
infancy/toddlerhood. |
False |
On average, children in early childhood
add 2-3 inches and 5lbs a year, while children triple their birth height and quadruple
their birth weight by age 2. |
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Piaget
believed children in middle childhood are able to manipulate complex ideas in
their heads, even about abstract concepts. |
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Children
in middle childhood have conquered reversibility and decentration. |
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3.
Middle
childhood is the time period in which the areas of the brain responsible for
language learning start to grow. |
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4.
Executive
functioning skills only include or refer to a person’s emotional regulation
abilities. |
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5.
Executive
functioning skills are the single best predictor of children’s’ academic
(i.e., math or reading) abilities. |
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6.
Howard
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences was designed to capture and
describe the numerous ways people can be “intelligent” beyond the traditional
academic abilities measured by IQ tests. |
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Constructivist
classrooms are based on Vygotsky’s social development theory. |
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Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood (9 points)
Directions: Read the scenario
below describing a child in a fictional older 4’s class. Then, in sentences or
in bullets, explain whether or not you’d identify this child for further
developmental testing.
Include in your response a
description of WHAT concerns you have (i.e., what area of development is
possibly delayed?), WHY these concerns are important or relevant (i.e., why
could this potential delay affect the students’ quality of life?), and HOW you’d
recommend the school or family to proceed (i.e., how should they progress to
determine if a delay exists?).
Please note that your response should include at least three (3) examples of supporting evidence from the textbook, the slides, and any in-class videos, with appropriate references.Joey is a new student at your child development center who is in your older 4’s class this year. You have noticed that Joey prefers to play alone most of the time and spends most of his free play time building Lego. He builds the same tower over and over again every day, even with the same colors. When other children join at the Lego center, Joey becomes frustrated if they begin building something new or start changing his building plan – while he does not explain his goals to the children, he seems to think they already know exactly what he’s thinking and are purposefully not listening to him.During free play yesterday, Joey called another 4-year-old in the class ‘stupid’ because she believed the toy Lego helicopter was in the Lego basket instead of behind a pillow in the reading corner (where Joey had hidden it secretly yesterday morning). Joey insisted she should know already where the toy was since he knew and didn’t seem to recognize that the other child immediately became sad and started to cry because of the exchange.
Parent teacher conferences are coming up, and you’re wondering if you should mention anything about Joey’s behavior to his parents.
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Chapter 10: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood (18 points)
Directions: Complete the
following table on the theoretical development of morality. Please note that
the summary must be a concise summary in your own words (paraphrased) and not
directly copied from the book.
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Concise Summary of Theory’s Perspective
on Moral Development |
What is the role of the adult in moral development,
according to each theory? |
Order of Events/Progression (i.e., what
happens in which order?) |
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Fake Example: John Locke |
This theory believes
children are born as a tabula rasa (blank slate) without ideas of good/bad. |
Active; adults and society
in general teach children right versus wrong |
Society determines right vs.
wrong (1st) and teaches children moral values (2nd) |
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Psychoanalytic Perspective |
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Social Learning Theory |
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Cognitive-Developmental Perspective |
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Chapter 11: Physical Development in Middle Childhood (9 points)
Directions: Read the situation below and, in sentences or bullets, explain your opinion. Please note that your response should include at least three (3) examples of evidence from the textbook, the slides, and any in-class videos, that supports your opinion/argument.Dalphine is a 5-year-old student in your class this year. Both of her older brothers have been through the school before and now attend the local middle school, where one plays on the basketball team and the other plays on the football team. Dalphine, who wants to be just like her older brothers, asked her mother to join a basketball team at the local YMCA for children ages 5 to 9. Dalphine’s mother doesn’t want her to join the team – she is worried that her daughter will get hurt and she think it’s better for Dalphine to focus on learning to read and write her letters so she can excel in kindergarten next year. Dalphine was born premature, and she is a both smaller than her classmates and a little behind her classmates in academic skills.
Dalphine’s mother asked you for your advice – should she let Dalphine join the YMCA basketball team, or not?
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Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood and Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood (19 points)
Directions: Complete the
following table on Piaget’s cognitive development theory. Please note that the
summary must be a concise summary in your own words (paraphrased) and not
directly copied from the book.
An example has been done for
you.
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Early Childhood Stage (What stage are early childhood-aged
children in, according to Piaget?) |
Middle Childhood Stage (What stage are middle childhood-aged
children in, according to Piaget?) |
THREE Key Changes from early to middle
childhood (What skills/abilities do children HAVE
in middle childhood that they DID NOT have in early childhood, according to
Piaget?) |
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Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory |
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Chapter 13: Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood (17 points)
Directions: Read the scenario below describing an interaction between students and a teacher in a kindergarten classroom. Then, in sentences or in bullets, answer the questions below.Ms. Michaels has been a kindergarten teacher for 5 years. Today is the beginning of the new school year, and Ms. Michaels is meeting all 25 of her students for the first time. she planned several fun activities in rotating centers, including art, puzzles, a counting game, and an observation table with magnifying glasses, so she could observe students’ skills in various content areas at the very beginning of the school year.As she walked around the room observing, Ms. Michaels tried to praise her students as much as possible to help build a positive relationship or connection with each of them. Ms. Michaels tried to keep a list of similar statements that she could give every student interchangeably to save time. To Mrs. Michaels, it doesn’t matter what she says; it’s more important that the children know she’s happy with them.Every time she saw a student painting, she’d tell them “Good job, that is beautiful!” Whenever a student was building a puzzle, she’d tell them “Good job, you finished it!” Whenever a student was using the magnifying glasses, she’d tell them “Good job, you’re so smart!” She sometimes didn’t have time to look at anything the students were doing, but wanted them to feel good.
1. Based on the scenario, Ms. Michaels seems to have what kind of mindset – fixed mindset or growth mindset? Explain.
2.What is at least one (1) thing Ms. Michaels did well?
3.Would you recommend that Ms. Michaels continues giving the same kind of encouragement or praise? Explain.
4.What, if anything, could Ms. Michaels do differently? Give an example of at least two (2) encouragements you’d recommend her trying instead.
Expert Solution
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Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood (28 points)
Directions:
Respond to each “True or False” question. Please note that your response should
include an explanation with at least one (1) piece of evidence from the
textbook that supports your claim. Include references, please.
An
example has been done for you.
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True/False |
Explanation |
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Children’s
physical growth happens at a faster rate in early childhood than in
infancy/toddlerhood. |
False |
On average, children in early childhood
add 2-3 inches and 5lbs a year, while children triple their birth height and
quadruple their birth weight by age 2. |
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1.
Piaget
believed children in middle childhood are able to manipulate complex ideas in
their heads, even about abstract concepts. |
True |
According to Piaget's theory, infants
learn to mentally manipulate complicated concepts when they reach the concrete
operational stage, which occurs in middle childhood (Agustina & Ahmad,
2020). They begin to make sense of abstract ideas. According to Piaget,
children can execute mental operations on representations of concrete objects
at the ages of 7 and 11. |
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