6. perceptual & motor development

Summary and Objectives

Explain key concepts such as visual acuity, auditory threshold, sensory integration, dynamic systems theory, integration and differentiation.
Discuss the implications of critical methods and findings like habituation studies and moving room studies.
Talk about why this matters by connecting perception with cognition.

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7. Language Development

Summary and Objectives

Explain key concepts such as phonology, production, semantics, and grammar.
Summarize the results of habituation studies and intermodal preference
Talk about why this matters by thinking about the advantages of sign language and bilingualism.

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Summary and Objectives

Explain key concepts such as Piaget’s Theory (using terms like object permanence, conservation, egocentric, and mental operations), Piaget’s Stages, (sensory-motor, pre-operational, concrete, and formal operational), Vygotsky’s Theory, and Information Processing Theories.
Describe the surprising behavior of children in the three mountain tasks and conservation tasks.
Talk about why this matters by examining concepts of toy design.

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Summary and Objectives

Explain key concepts such as IQ, Mental Age, Spearman’s g, and crystalized vs fluid
Compare Sternberg’s vs Howard Gardner’s types of intelligence.
Decide when you would use WISC, Standford-Binet, or the Bayley Infant Milestones
Talk about why this matters by examining how well tests work and the Flynn Effect.

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Summary and Objectives

Explain key concepts such as memory, gist, false memories, reading, whole-word encoding, math, and learning disabilities.
Talk about why this matters by examining how difference in academic ability arise.

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