Emotional Poverty Review Questions for Session #2
For CTLE and Book Study Credit through Tioga County Teacher’s Center
Submit to Brittany Dougherty
1. Brain development of the emotional self occurs from birth to three and again during adolescence, when the brain prunes and rewires itself. How is that process the same, and how is it different at those two times?
2. What is the role of self-construction?
3. How does Erikson’s research on child development explain behaviors that you may see in the classroom?
4. Can you give examples of students who exhibit a difference between their emotional age and their chronological age?
5. Explain the difference between a weak inner self and a strong inner self.
6. How does adolescence shape a student’s identity?
7. How can a weak inner self lead to bad behavior? Why do many of the discipline techniques used in school actually increase bad behavior?