Life Span Psychology HW

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1. Describe normal physical growth and development during middle childhood.

2. Discuss the problems of asthma and obesity in middle childhood.

3. Identify and discuss Piaget’s concrete operational thought, and give examples of how these operations are demonstrated by school-age children.

4. Discuss Vygotsky’s views regarding the influence of the sociocultural context on learning
during middle childhood.

5. Discuss how information-processing theory explains cognitive advances during middlechildhood.

6. Describe the development of language during the school years.

7. Explain how achievement and aptitude tests are used in evaluating individual differences in cognitive growth.

8. Describe the symptoms and treatment of attention-deficit disorder and attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder, and discuss the use and misuse of prescription drugs in treating these disorders.

9. Discuss the characteristics of learning disabilities.

10. Identify the symptoms and possible causes of autistic spectrum disorders, and describe the most effective treatments.