The 5 Senses
Infant is sensitive to change of ____, reflective of mother's diet
What is breast milk?
Bonus: Which of the 5 senses does this mean the infant is sensitive to?
Playing _____ with a group can promote teamwork and initiative.
What are sports/games?
What kind of games did you play during recess? Did you play games that did not use any equipment?
ADHD is often treated with this counterintuitive method…
What are “stimulant drugs”?
Stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall are used in the treatment of ADHD because they stimulate parts of the brain that normally inhibit hyperactive and impulsive behaviour, resulting in a calming effect on children with ADHD.
A 13-month-old has mastered standing, balancing, and stepping and has combined them to walk independently. This process is called...
What is integration?
A mother is playing with her baby in the park. As she holds up a toy block and moves it closer to the baby’s face, the baby coos in delight. The mother explains that, even though the block looks bigger as it gets closer, it’s really the same size.
What is size constancy?
Baby's wide mouth, scrunched face, probably crying
What is baby expressing pain/unpleasantness?
A well-established preference to use this hand after kindergarten.
What is right-handedness?
Most of our modern industrial culture is biased towards right-handedness.
James was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at 4 years old. He tends to avoid eye contact and focuses on less important areas of the face when talking to others. James is dealing with...
What is “disorganized processing of face stimuli”?
Research finds that children with ASD struggle with the acquisition and consolidation of relevant facial information, and thus have a harder time reading others' emotions.
Infants continually relearn this ability when attempting to sit, crawl, or walk due to using different muscle groups and rotation points in each posture.
What is balance?
Infants were assessed through paired visual stimuli. Researchers were looking for the smallest pattern that an individual can reliably distinguish.
What is visual acuity?
BONUS: How is it tested?
Giving ___ to soothe babies in pain
What is sucrose (table sugar)?
This has made children exercise less and less as time goes on. It can affect attention span, and should be regulated and supervised.
What is watching T.V? (or using any form of technology)
When did you get your first device? How did it impact your physical health?
What are some ways to limit screen time for kids?
At four months old a child can hold a toy, what skill develops a few months later?
What is “the ability to turn and stroke their toys”?
A child’s improved motor skills allow them to learn about the properties of objects, understand three-dimensional objects, and notice details, such as colour.
This theory views development as the organization and reorganization of distinct skills to meet the demands of specific tasks such as walking.
What is dynamic systems theory?
The infant’s heart rate slows down, indicating they notice a difference.
What happens when a 1 ½ month infant is placed on the visual cliff?
YDRAPOEJ! (backwards!)
Based on the reading, name a way scientists test an infant's senses
Answers may differ
Coach Linda urges George to specialize in soccer, and always makes a big deal out of his team’s trophy count. She says it's all for his own good, but George is unsure this is what he wants to do. Based on the readings, Coach Linda is valuing _____ over the inherent benefit that playing sports provides to George.
What is winning/over-competitiveness?
Children who are pushed into specializing in one sport may lead to burnout/excessive stress.
Were there any adults in your childhood that urged you towards one particular sport/hobby?
A British family adopts a baby from China. This baby is better at recognizing white faces than others, researchers call this...
What is "more precise configuration of faces"?
Familiarity with one's own race and exposure to many different ethnic features as a baby increases facial perception.
This theory views development as the organisation and reorganisation of distinct skills to meet the demands of specific tasks such as walking.
What is dynamic systems theory?
Example:
Walking involves balance, limb movement, environmental awareness, and a reason to move –> how these skills are combined in different situations to understand walking.
As a car drives down a scenic highway, the driver notices that nearby trees seem to fly by at a much faster rate than the distant mountains. This observation helps the driver judge the speed of the car and the depth of the landscape around them.
What is motion parallax?
BONUS: How does motion parallax interact with other sensory modalities (e.g. sensory, auditory) in influencing spatial awareness in developing children?
POV: You're an infant
Discuss the different sensory inputs you would experience while walking to the park with a family member
Hand feeling parent's hand holding them, the sound of cars passing by, seeing the trees and other people, smell the neighbour's backyard barbeque, etc.
DAILY DOUBLE!
Children need to exercise regularly 3 times a week for 30 minutes every day. These are some consequences of not reaching this recommended level of fitness.
Answers may vary. Examples: heart disease, stunted muscle development, etc.
Teachers and parents can improve attention in children with this curriculum strategy…
What is “Tools of the Mind” and “playing pretend”?
Focusing on the executive network of attention– the responsibility for monitoring thoughts, feelings, and responses, playing pretend encourages children to “stay in character” and inhibit inappropriate behaviour. It also encourages mental flexibility through improvisation.
When an infant encounters a steep slide at a playground, they use this indicator to determine whether it is safe to continue.
What is the use of perceptual/environmental cues?
An art teacher presents her students with a series of incomplete images of everyday objects, encouraging them to imagine the full picture based only on the parts they see.
What is amodal perception?
BONUS: How do psychological factors, such as empathy and social influence, interact with amodal perception in shaping behaviour and attitudes?