Cognitive Development
The Brain is going through many changes during this time in development. The Prefrontal Cortex begins to increase, which allows more connections throughout the brain. As this development is occurring, your child continues to grow their problem-solving skills, attention span, and cognitive control
PREFRONTAL CORTEX
Hello, my name is Jean Piaget and I am a theorist of cognitive development. During this time in your child's life, or as I call it, the Concrete Operational Stage, their imaginations are running wild and they can now compare information with others
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Memory
Long term memory is continuing to grow
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Working memory: able to manipulate and put together information when they are making decisions
Thinking Skills
Kids are developing self-control, growing their working memory
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Convergent thinking: Working on producing 1 right answer
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Divergent thinking: Producing many different answers to the same question
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Metacognition: Knowing about knowing something
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Intellegence Testing
What is Intelligence?
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The ability to solve problems and adapt to learning from experiences
How do they perform an IQ test?
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Take the child's mental age divided by the chronological age multiplied by 100
What does the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children measure?
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Working memory, processing speed, fluid reasoning, and visual/spacial
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Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities: difficulty learning & understanding spoken or written language
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Children consistently show one or more of the following over a period of time
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Inattention: difficulty focusing
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Hyperactive: high levels of physical activity
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Impulse: don't think before they act
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Autistic Disorder: severe developmental autism spectrum disorder that has an onset during the first 3 years and includes problems in social relationship, abnormalities in communication, and restricted, and stereotyped patterns in behavior
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Problems with social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors
Dyslexia: People who have a severe impairment in their ability to read and spell
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Dysgraphia: learning disability that focuses on the difficulties of handwriting
Dyscalculia: learning disability that involves difficulty in math computation
Media & Screentime
In 2008, children 8-11 years old used media an average of 5 hours and 29 minutes a day
Children from 8 to 18 spend about 60 hours a week using social media
Asperger Syndrome: relatively mind autism spectrum disorder where the child has good verbal language skills, mild nonverbal language problems, and a restricted range of interests
In 2015, 92% of 13-17-year-olds reported using social media daily
Referenced and used info from 17th Edition Life Span & Development written by John Santrock