Physcial Growth and Motor Development
Describe the physical growth during this stage
- variable
- increase in strength and speed and hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills
- girls on avergae are ahead of boys in their overall rate of growth
Describe brain and nervous system development
- further myelinzation
- increases in info processing
- right hemisphere laterlization - increase spatial perception (boy are better than girls)
What can children now do in Piaget’s Concrete Operational stage?
7 things
- logical reasoning applied to concrete problems
- conversation
- seriation
- decentration
- reversibility
- inductive reasonig/logic
- heriarchical classification
- spatial operations
What are the tests against Piaget’s view?
- Horizontal Decalage
- Robert Siegler: suggests there are no stages, only sequences
What are the advances in information-processing
- processing efficiency: use of short-term memory
- automaticity: ability to recall info from long-term memory
- Executive and Strategic Processes: use of rehearsal and semantic organization
Describe Daniel Goleman’s theory of emotional intelligence
has 3 components
1. awareness of our own emotions
2. the ability to express our emotions appropriately
3. the capacity to channel our emotions into the pursuit of worthwhile goals
- children’s ability to control their emotions is strongly realted to measures of academic achievement in hs
Describe Sternberg’s theory of triarchic intelligence
3 componenets
1. componential/analytical intelligence: is a person’s ability to come up with effective strategies
2. experiential/creative: creative thinking
3. contextual/practical: knwoing the right behaviour for a specific situation
Describe Howder Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences
8 of them
- linguistic
- logical/mathematical
- musical
- spatial
- bodily/kinesthetic
- naturalist
- interpersonal
- intrapersonal
