Introduction

I. Introduction
    A. Exercise 1: From scribbles to realism. 
    B. Question 1:  What makes for the difference between age groups? To what do you attribute the differences between the drawing 3- and 7-year-olds?
                    1. Physical-motor development:  Changes in body size, proportions, appearance, and functioning of various systems (e.g., brain development, perceptual and motor capacities)
                    2. Perceptual-cognitive development:  The development of thought processes and intellectual abilities, including attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination, creativity, and the ability to represent the world through language.
                    3. Social-emotional development: The growth of emotional communication, self understanding, and the ability to manage one’s own feelings, knowledge of others, interpersonal skills, and relationships with others
    C.  Question 2: Are there individual differences in development:? Are there differences between children in their rate of drawing development? If so, why? 
                    1. Biological-genetic factors
                    2. Environmental factors
    D. Question 3: Is the development of drawing related to other acquisitions?
                    1. Imagine two kids of the same age, but one is more developed in drawing than is the other. Is the more developed drawer also more developed in...
                                 a.   Language?
                                 b.   Memory?
                                 c.   Thinking and reasoning?
                                 d.   Emotional Maturity?
                    2. What relations exist between acquisitions
                                a. General stage relation
                                b. Specific causal relation
                                c. Coincidence (independence)

II. Why study infants, toddlers and children?
    A. Ideographic:  Individual children
    B. Applied:  Address problems dealing with practical concerns.
    C. Theoretical:  Address issues regarding the nature and development of children

III. Discussion question (For next lecture)
   A.  Is it possible in principle to teach a three-year-old scribbler to draw realistically? Note: this question isn’t about whether or not we ought to promote realistic drawing in toddlers.
    B.  What exactly would you do (if anything) to teach a three-year-old to draw like a seven year old?