Ashford PSY304 2020 December Week 3 Journal Latest

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 3 Journal  

Cognitive, Linguistic, and Intellectual Development

Prior to beginning this activity, read Chapter 5: Cognitive Development, Chapter 6: Language, and Chapter 7: Intelligence in the course textbook. In addition read the following required articles:

A Novel Theoretical Life Course Framework for Triggering Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan (Links to an external site.)

Cognitive Development in Children with Chronic Protein Energy Malnutrition

Effect of Breastfeeding Duration on Cognitive Development in Infants: 3-Year Follow-Up Study (Links to an external site.)

And view the following videos:

Genetics and Intelligence Robert Plomin (Links to an external site.)

The Teenage Brain: A World of Their Own

Kids and Language

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In this journal,

Reflect on the factors (cognitive development, language development, and intelligence), that you have learned about this week.

Identify what you believe to be the most important variables that are associated with each of the following areas:

memory development

language development

infant intelligence development

cognitive development in adolescence

Evaluate your personal or vicarious experiences and/or weekly sources, utilizing citations, to support your beliefs about why, what you included, is of such importance.