Child - Topic 2 Other Reseacrh Flashcards
Goswami
A fully grown adult brain has an estimated 86 billion neurones, most of which have developed in the womb.
Stiles & jernigan
A age 2, the connections that are being formed in a child’s brain are happening about twice as fast as an adults brain.
Blakemore
Changes in the PFC are most prolonged during adolescence
Synaptic pruning also starts during adolescence and increases through the individuals 20’s
Risk taking behaviour is useful as it gives an opportunity to obtain a preferred outcome. Also allows progress and creativity within education as students could answer questions using info that goes beyond a textbook.
Design classroom activities which coincide with brain development. To exploit periods of neural plasticity.
It gives us guidance when to expect certain cognitive abilities within education dependant on the age of the child.
Dee
Fatalities in 15-17 year olds reduced by 5.6% with the graduated driver programme.
Romano et al.
Speeding fatalities reduced amongst white, African-American and Asian adolescents. No change for hispanic , however GDP has reduced alcohol related fatalities.
Peden
Most successful part of the GDP is the extended period of supervision.
Izzo et al
Conducted 15 interviews 15 years after the NVP and found parents were better able to cope with life stressors than controls.
No effect on other behaviours such as suspensions from school, disruption at school and delinquency.
