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Child Psychology 1/c/e
Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition
E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Cognitive Development: the Information Processing Approach

Internet Exercises



1

Nancy, who is 14, is talking to her older sister, Joanne, age 20. Joanne insists that when Nancy was 6, she got lost at the circus and she and their parents searched frantically for her for two hours. Joanne says that they finally found her hanging out by the concession stand, just watching the people. At first, Nancy had no recollection of this but the more Joanne talked the more Nancy started to recall some of the details. Is it possible that Nancy is imagining a false memory?


 
2

Nine-year-old Andrew has been struggling to learn at his elementary school in the Toronto area; the school psychologist is suggesting that he may have a learning disability in which he processes information differently than other children. His mom has been avidly searching the Internet for any information to support Andrew's learning and has discovered the following site. It describes the Arrowsmith School in Toronto which has developed a program specifically for children with learning disabilities. What does the site advocate?


 




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