Web Exercises

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Web Exercise #1: Cultural Influences on Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
LO 6.2 Describe emotional development in infancy and identify contextual and cultural influences on emotional development in infants and toddlers.

In this exercise, students should pick a country other than their own, research how infants and toddlers are raised, and develop a PowerPoint presentation, Prezi, VideoScribe, or GoAnimate to discuss the contextual and cultural influences on the emotional development of infants and toddlers in that culture. Share your presentations with your classmates. Write responses to three of your classmate’s presentations. What did you like? What did you learn? What would you still like to know?

 

Web Exercise #2: Rouge Test
​LO 6.5 Differentiate the roles of self-concept, self-recognition, and self-control in infant development.

Chapter 6 discusses the development of self-recognition. Between 18-24 months, infants begin to identify themselves in a mirror. For this activity, students will perform a google search with the words “rouge test” and click the option for video results. Watch four videos people have uploaded of children performing the rouge test. 

  1. How old was each child? (Or, do you know?)
  2. Did the child succeed in the task?
  3. If the child tried to remove the mark, was the child able to coordinate his/her hand and eyes to do so successfully? Or did the child have problems doing so using the mirror?
  4. Do you think the rouge test is a good test of self-recognition? Why or why not?

 

Web Exercise #3: Babies Are Smarter Than You Think
LO 6.5 Differentiate the roles of self-concept, self-recognition, and self-control in infant development. 

Chapter 6 discusses the development of self-concept, self-recognition, and self-control and their respective roles in infant development. Researchers argue whether or not infants are born with an innate concept of being a separate individual than others or if that concept develops though interacting with others in their environments. Provided below is a link to a news article with a TED talk by Alison Gopnik, who researches this concept. Read the article, watch the video, and answer the corresponding questions.

  1. What are three things you learned in this video that enhanced your knowledge from reading the textbook?
  2. Do you believe infants are born with an innate concept of being a separate individual than others or that this concept develops through infants’ interaction with others in their environments? Why or why not?
  3. If you could ask Alison Gopnik two questions, what would they be?