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2) After watching the Video Tool Kit video, Ch 3 Infertility and IVF (Duration 3 minutes) write an article for the
magazine on IVF and ICSI (intra‐cytoplasmic sperm injection). What possible difficulties could arise as a result
of the procedure in the video Why is it different than the procedures in Finland or Belgium [see the
textbook for these details] Let your readers know your views on the current U.S. policy compared to those in
other countries.
What's Developing 3: Based on Chapters 5,6,7
1) The Video Tool Kit video in Ch 6 on Affordances (Duration 0:43; this means 43 seconds) shows how two
individuals can perceive the same object, the same environment, the same situation – yet they actually will
observe and interpret the object, environment, situation in a completely different way. Use this concept as
your background as you view the Ch 5 Video Tool Kit Video called, “Hothouse Babies” (Duration 1:55). The
description that accompanies Hothouse Babies says, “Household toys and toys created by parents can
provide all the stimulation children need.” Yet as you can see the mother in the video is concerned about
providing the correct stimulus materials to ensure her child a positive academic future. Address the concerns
that some of your readers may have since they want the best for their children as you explain cognitive
development in the first two years.
2) Watch, “Are Young Children Self Aware Lessons from the Animals” in the Ch 7 Video Tool Kit section
(Duration 5:42) and integrate it with the section on self‐awareness and mirror recognition found in the
textbook. The video presents two different views on animal self‐awareness; present both sides but let your
readers know which view you feel is the stronger one.
What's Developing 4: Based on Chapters 8,9,10
1) Your readers might wonder why the salt that they buy on supermarket shelves says that it is “iodized”.
Chapter 8 of the text explains that children may consume enough calories but still lack important nutrients.
Watch the Video Tool Kit video in Ch 8 called, “Children in China with Iodine Deficiency” (Duration 6:42).
Explain to your readers the necessity of eating a variety of foods, using iodine deficiency as your example.
2) One of the Video Tool Kit videos in Ch 10 asks children how they would handle situations when grandparents
gave them gifts that were not at all what they wanted. In “Learning Emotional Display Rules: The
Disappointing Gift Task “(Duration 2:26) younger children report that they would handle the situation in quite
different ways than do the older children. How does this relate to Emotional Development and to Sex and
Gender as discussed in Chapter 10. Do you have a personal disappointing gift story to use as a hook that your
readers would enjoy
What's Developing 5: Based on Chapters 11,12,13
1) The editor wants a story on teaching and learning (Chapter 12) which includes performance
differences between boys and girls in the classroom which are revealed in the Video Tool Kit video
in Ch 12, “Are Today’s Girls Academically Superior” (Duration: 5:46). Let the readers know the long term
implications in terms of performance in adolescence, the college years, and career choices.
2) In the early 1930s at a White House Conference it was officially declared that "Play is the Work of the Child".
Explain why developmental research supports this view. Give an example from your own childhood of
something that you learned through play.
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