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6. APPROACH/WITHDRAWAL
How do they act around new people? Do they interact with them?
Do they wiggle/squirm often?
Are they always moving? Or are they quiet?
A child's history of personal successes can greatly impact their development.
Good class experience
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Raised confidence, independance, change to face social situations and further develop social skills
What was the study?
Low confidence, loneliness, lesser chance of being able to apply what's learnt to real life.
7.ADAPTABILITY
2. DISTRACTIBILITY
Kagan looked into the temperament of children by measuring their heart rates and by observing their body language as they were intoduced to various stimuli.
Children were then sorted into "inhibited" and "uninhibited" groups, where further testing was done.
How's their degree of concentration?
A lot of people would argue that one's biology does not always determine their destiny!
Secondly, some adults may disagree in saying that the way a child behaves should not lead us to make assumptions, and jump to conclusions in regards to their future.
The Worksheet Dilemma
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Play based Curriculum
How do they respond to situations that are seperate from what theyre used to?
What was concluded?
* A healthy learning environment can potentially assist those who have a high reactivity and can also allow those who have a lower reactivity to flourish.
3. iNTENSITY
That the Amygdala was primarily the control centre for expression and regulation, and children who were inhibited had a more excitable, and structured Amygdala.
8.PERSISTANCE
In Kagans study, he only studied white, caucasian babies. No other race was included.
Mainly speaks about classroom settings during early childhood education, and how it can either negatively impact, or positively impact a child's development.
In any situation, do they tend to be overdramatic in their response?
How long does the child continue an activity? Do they change activities quickly?
BIOLOGY DOES NOT
= DESTINY
4. REGULARITY
9.MOOD
Are they predictable?
How do they react to the world around them? Happy or sad? Excited or anxious?
5. sensory threshold
How sensitive are they to physical stimuli?
From this theory, we have gained a new perspective on what contributes to a child's development.
Kagan has gone into detail to explain, "What contributes to high reactivity?", and also, "How we can accomodate those children?"
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Self-indulgent, impulsive, children
Is rewarding bad behaviour, neglectful, doesn't allow child to harbour independance?
*Parental departure affects cognitive development by causing emotional distress
A high reactive child does not always mean a shy adult!
Healthy, comfortable, child
Supports the child, and helps them to identify events they're sensitive to?
Teachers: Understand how to best accommodate their students for most effective, healthy development within the classroom.
Parents & Caregivers:
So they understand what a child needs to learn so they develop to their best potential, regardless of whether or not they have a high or low reactivity.
To be able to make the child's home environment a healthy, safe, and welcoming place for them to be able to express themselves and to eventually allow them to develop into active members of society as they grow older.
Temperament is an individuals characteristic level of emotional excitability or intensity.... it is often assumed to be an early indication of personality. Though personality combines temperament with experiences to shape life-long traits.
Kagan looked at Behaviourism, and was led to believe that yes, the environment impacts a child's cognitive development. However, it was not the only factor to consider.
After doing more research, he discovered that there may also be biological factors that could impact a child's temperament.
Behaviourism is a theory of cognition that focuses on behaviour instead of thoughts, feelings, or motivations.
Online Definitions!
Low Reactivity:
"The Amygdala renders that site excitable"
High Reactivity:
Cry, and thrash while facing unfamiliar events
More likely to be introverted, anxious adults
Less likely to flail, and cry at unfamiliar events.
Tend to babble, look around, and remain calm.
FACT: The Amygdala was measured to be more excitable, and structured than the brain of a child with a lower reactivity.
40%
Tend to grow up to be more extroverted, sociable, and take more social risks.
of our children are born with predisposition that makes them experience intense physical responses to certain events
Kagan retired in 2005 at the age of 51
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Temperament
(Determining factors of a child's personality and behaviours)
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