Growth & Development: Quiz 3, Chapters 8-10

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Between the ages of 2 and 6, a well-nourished child will gain about ______ pounds and grow about ______ inches per year.

4 1/2 and 3

Jodee, insists on having all of the foods on her plate separated. If the vegetables touch the meat, she insists on a clean plate what is this an EX of?

"just right"

The 2-year-old human brain weighs ______ percent of the adult brain

The ability to generate several thoughts in rapid succession is most specifically related to?

myelination

The specialization of the functioning of the two halves of the brain is called

lateralization

On a cross-country car trip, Anna and Robert asked “Are we there yet?” so many times that their mother began covering her ears. The children were exhibiting

perserveration

Jaime grew up in a house with a very rough and cold concrete floor. Jaime never learned to crawl. This exemplifies

experience-dependant learning

What could be a result of extensive, active play in young children?

mastering of gross and fine motor skills

Many preschoolers have trouble dressing themselves, writing, or stringing small beads. This can be explained by a lack of

brain maturation and having short, stubby fingers

______ is failure to meet a child's basic physical, emotional, or educational needs

child neglect

A mistreated child who is startled at any noise and is continually looking around to see who is coming up to them is showing symptoms of

PTSD

Secondary prevention involves?

responding to the first warning signs of a problem

An example of kinship care is

providing foster care for a neglected nephew

Piaget believed that between the ages of 2 and 6, it is difficult for children to think

logically

Thinking about one idea at a time, ignoring other ideas, is known as

centration

What is an example of egocentric behavior according to Piaget?

Julie is lying on the living room floor coloring in her coloring book while her mom is preparing dinner in the kitchen. Julie calls out to her mom and asks, “What color should I paint this?” while pointing at a flower in her coloring book.

To assume that the world is unchanging is to engage in

static reasoning

Irreversibility refers to the preoperational child's tendency to

be unable to think backwards from a conclusion to the beginning.

An example of conservation could be

conservation

Whereas Piaget saw cognitive development as a result of individual discovery, Vygotsky attributed it to

social activities guided by others

Skills that a person can perform with assistance, but which they cannot quite perform on their own lie within the

zone of proximal development

An example of scaffolding?

Miriam helps her son Ben make cookies. She measures all of the ingredients out and places them on the counter in small bowls. She reads the recipe aloud while simplifying it as Ben places the ingredients in the bowl and mixes them together w/ a spoon

teacher explains things to the children when they participate in small-group activities and she encourages conversation between children and adults

social mediation

Which of the following seems to be the main contributing factor that determines whether or not children will pass the tasks to test theory of mind?

brain maturation

When children hear a new word in a familiar context, they can simply add the word to the general category without fully understanding the word

fast-mapping

“I falled down and I hurted myself” is typical of a child when they first are learning grammar. This is an example of:

overregularization

To find a good preschool, a parent should look for:

teachers responsive to children's needs; low teacher-child ratios

___ is generally considered a more mature emotion than ______ because the former one comes from within the individual and demonstrates self-awareness.

guilt; shame

Girls usually develop emotional regulation ______ boys, which is especially evident when comparing girls' and boys' externalizing emotions.

ahead of (before)

In active play, which of the following functions do peers provide?

an audience, role models, and competition

Jose is very warm and nurturing of his children. He loves them very much and does not believe in punishment of any sort. Which type of parent is Jose?

permissive

Janelle's usual bedtime is 8:30 & her parents strictly enforce this rule. One evening, they agree to let her stay up. Which type of parenting style?

authoritative

Sometimes non-Western parents are categorized as ____ because of punishment styles, label may be misapplied since many are also warm and affectionate.

authoritarian

One of the most important ways in which children learn to control their aggression is through:

play

Compared with other cultures, North American families of preschool children use what discipline technique the most?

use the discipline technique of time-out most often to deal with a child's misbehavior.

Three girls start a rumor that 7-year-old Heather is a bed-wetter who still uses a pacifier. They are demonstrating:

relational aggression.

According to your text, ______ differences are biological and ______ differences are culturally prescribed.

sex; gender

Freud's term for our self-critical conscience that internalizes parental morals is:

superego

What theory focuses on how children perceive and understand their experiences?

cognitive theory

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