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Elaboration
________- connecting the material to previously learned ideas.
Increased cortical thickness in temporal lobes relate to
greater long- term memory formation, reading skills and abilities.
Frontal lobes become more developed and improvements in
executive function skills, logic, planning, and working memory are evident.
ADHD is usually diagnosed during
________childhood.
Psychopharmacology
________: use of medication such as stimulants + strategies /modifications shown to be effective for individuals meeting criteria- Must be discussed with medical provider.
Hyperactive impulsive
________: a child with a(n) ________ presentation always seems to be in motion, fidgets, has trouble staying on task, cant wait for others to finish before speaking, and does everything quickly and without much thought.
Memory Strategies
________: organizing and chunking information, mnemonics.
The ability to sustain attention and avoid distractions increases greatly when
________children move into middle childhood.
As cognitive skills become more automatic, they
free up processing capacity (the amount of information the mind can actively deal with at one time) that can be used for other tasks.
Metacognition
________: Thinking about ones own thinking.
Brain waves
________: by age 7, alpha waves, the ones associated with engaged attention, become predominant.
Specific brain structures that experience growth during middle childhood include
the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, temporal lobe, and the corpus callosum
Growth of corpus callosum
activity is more integrated
We see this process in the way children learn to read words
becomes automatic, can then move on to more complex paragraphs, etc
In younger school-age, children can start evaluating
strategies, older children what they did wrong or right, not repeat same errors
Critical thinking
thinking reflectively and productively and evaluating evidence
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
a neurodevelopmental disorder described as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development
Inattentive presentation
child is easily distracted, has trouble getting organized or following directions, continually loses things, and often shifts from one task to another without completing either of them
Combined presentation shows symptoms of
both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity.
In the United States in 2016, approximately 9.4% of children between the ages of 2 and 17 had
ever been diagnosed with ADHD, and boys are twice as likely as girls to receive this diagnosis
In some cases ADHD symptoms may not appear until
adolescence or be apparent until adulthood
Inhibition improves sharply between
ages 6 and 10
In school-age, children need to memorize
more facts, academic skills, rules.
The brain reaches its adult size at
about age 7.
Changes occur in both
the structure and the functioning of the brain that support the cognitive development
In school-age, information and skills become
more integrated and refined
Build upon old connections, and
synaptic pruning occurs for unused or irrelevant information
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