Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Infancy
It's 3am and little Tommy is wailing in the nursery. Shaking her husband, Mom says: "Get up. It's your turn to feed our son. Don't you hear him crying?" Dad rolls over and says: "Tommy has to learn to sleep through the night sooner or later. Let him cry." Who's right? Mom or Dad?
Berger talks about the various reflexes that children are born with - reflexes that maintain constant body temperature, maintain oxygen supply, and manage feeding. Are there any indications that infants have "social" reflexes? Are infants equipped to deal with the social demands of their environment?
Early Childhood
Knowing what you do about language development, how do you feel about bilingual education? What are the pros and cons? On a related note, how should we teach second languages to children?
In section you are going to come up with a question regarding the readings or lectures - something you don't completely understand, something you want more clarification on, or something that you're just wondering about - so you might want to think of one beforehand.