PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!!!Please POST ONE PARAGRAPH of max 8 sentences each for each minor question and TWO for any major question.  BABIES AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT STEP 1:TED Talk and Refl

PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!!!

Please POST ONE PARAGRAPH of max 8 sentences each for each minor question and TWO for any major question. 

 BABIES AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 

STEP 1:

TED Talk and Reflection

Watch the following TED Talk on what babies think:

https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think#t-178978

Answer the following 3 questions:

1. What does Alison Gopnik discuss about babies and how they learn? 

2. Describe one experiment that Gopnik discusses in her TED Talk?

3. Gopnik argues that babies are the research and development department of the human race. What arguments does she use to support this premise?

STEP 2:

TED Talk and Reflection

Watch the following TED Talk on the linguistic genius of babies.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies

Answer the following 2 questions:

1. Explain the study that Kuhl discussed. This is the study she talks about where babies sit on laps.

2. Describe two of the charts that she uses in her presentation. What do they tell us? Be thorough.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 

STEP 1:

TED Talk and Reflection

Watch the following TED Talk on children and lying:

https://www.ted.com/talks/kang_lee_can_you_really_tell_if_a_kid_is_lying

Answer the following 3 questions:

1. Lee argues that we should celebrate a child’s first lie from a developmental perspective. Why? 

2. Based on the TED Talk, are most of us able to identify the lies in children, even our own? Once you identify the answer, why do you think is the case?

3. Describe the technology that Kang introduced the audience to. What are some of the applications of this technology?

STEP 2:

TED Talk and Reflection

Watch the following TED Talk on childhood trauma and health outcomes.

https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime

Answer the following 2 questions:

1. How does childhood trauma impact the development of the brain?

2. What was interesting to you about Harris’ TED Talk?

STEP 3:

Review the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study discussed from the TED Talk in STEP 2.

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/about.html

Click on the different areas (do not bother with the Data and Statistics section).

Answer the following 3 questions:

1. What is the ACE Pyramid?

2. Review the Family Health History Questionnaire and the Health Appraisal Questionnaire for your sex (male or female). What are/were some of your risk factors?

3. Review the Major Findings section of the site, What were some of the major findings?

#4: Should we Vaccinate Infants?

Watch the following clip from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/30/erin-panel-anti-vaccination-debate.cnn (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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What side of debate do you take? Should infants be vaccinated? Explain your reasoning. Post 2 links to articles that support your stance.