CH 5 SG Flashcards

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What changes happen to the brain development in early childhood?

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MORE NEURAL CONNECTIONS (BY AGE 6 BRAIN IS 90-95% OF ADULT WT./CONTINUED MATURATION)

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What changes happen to physical developmental in early childhood?

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•GROWTH IS RAPID!
•ARMS & LEGS LENGTHEN
•MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT
•CENTER OF GRAVITY DROPS
•HEIGHT & WT.

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What are the factors involved in potty training?

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•MANY VIEWS
•CURRENT GUIDELINES
•NO SINGLE TIME
•BEGIN WHEN SHOW SIGNS OF READINESS
•PHYSICLLY HAVE TO KNOW SENSATIONS & BE ABLE TO CONTROL

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What are the research findings in Piaget’s preoperational stage?

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KID’S THOUGHTS ARE SYMBOLIC & MAGICAL (NOT LOGICAL)

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What is Vygotsky’s theory of development?

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THINKING IS SHAPED BY OTHER PEOPLE (EMPHASIZED SOCIAL ASPECTS OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT)

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Theory of mind

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PERSON’S THEORY OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE THINKING

(NEED TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE OTHERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THINKING THE SAME THOUGHTS AS THEY ARE)
•RARELY BEFORE AGE 4

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Divided attention

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the ability to respond simultaneously to multiple tasks or multiple task demands

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Language development

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PREMIER COGNITIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT!
• BRAIN MATURATION
• MYELINATION
• SCAFFOLDING
• SOCIAL INTERACTION

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Executive function

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the group of complex mental processes and cognitive abilities that control the skills (such as organizing tasks, remembering details, managing time, and solving problems) required for goal-directed behavior

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Emotional regulation

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(EFFORTFUL CONTROL)
•ABILITY TO CONTROL WHEN & HOW EMOTIONS ARE EXPRESSED
•Maturing frontal lobe contributes
•Important for social and emotional success

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Self-concept

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SET OF BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE LIKE AS INDIVIDUALS
(IDENTITY, “WHO AM I?”, SELF-ESTEEM, PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, PERSONALITY, GENDER)

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Sex

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Biologically based

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Family structure

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WIDE VARIETY

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What are the 4 important dimensions of caregiving?

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  1. EXPRESSING WARMTH
  2. DISCIPLINE
  3. COMMUNICATION
  4. EXPECTATIONS FOR MATURITY
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Helicopter parenting

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OVER-CONTROLLING (CONSTANCE GUIDANCE)
•RESULTS
•POOR SELF-REGULATION
•BEHAVIORAL
•DIFFICULTY MANAGING EMOTIONS
•LATER—UNPREPARED FOR CHALLENGES

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Lemasters and Defain’s model of parenting

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a framework that focuses on the underlying motivations of parents when parenting

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Play

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UNIVERSAL (AIDS IN DEVELOPMENT)
•Higher level of this leads to more mature social skills (DEVELOP INTO A “GOOD” PLAYMATE) (SHARE, TAKE TURNS, MANAGE CONFLICT)

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the long-term effects:

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abuse, violence, neglect, caregiver mental illness, and household violence —> (mental health conditions, chronic physical health conditions and/or substance use disorder)

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Resilience

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THE ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK FROM ADVERSIVE CIRCUMSTANCES
•TRAUMA AND STRESS CAN BE PROBLEMATIC
•AVERSIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACEs)

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CORPUS CALLOSUM

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•CONNECTS HEMISPHERES
•ALLOWS CHILDREN TO COORDINATE BOTH SIDES OF BRAIN & BODY

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PREFRONTAL CORTEX

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•IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING & REFLECTION

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AMYGDALA

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•EMOTIONS

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HIPPOCAMPUS

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•MEMORY

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MYELINATION

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•HELPS SPEED NEURAL MESSAGE
•BRAIN IS WORKING MORE EFFICIENTLY

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MOTOR SKILLS

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•MATURATION & PRACTICE

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GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

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•LARGE GAINS IN USE OF LARGE MUSCLES

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FINE MOTOR SKILLS

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•IMPROVE, BUT NOT AS RAPIDLY
•USING PENCIL OR CRAYON

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COGNITIVE

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•BRAIN MATURATION PLUS EXPERIENCES

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SYMBOLIC THOUGHT

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•OBJECT OR WORD CAN STAND FOR SOMETHING ELSE (PRETEND PLAY)

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ANIMISM

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•GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO INANIMATE OBJECTS

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CENTRATION

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•YOUNG CHILD FOCUSES OR CENTERS ON ONLY ONE IDEA

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EGOCENTRISM (TYPE OF CENTRATION)

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•THINK ABOUT THE WORLD ONLY FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE

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Focus on appearance

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Ignore all attributes that aren’t visible (a boy wearing a dress as a girl)

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Static reasoning

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The thought that things don’t change

35
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Irreversibility

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Nothing can be undone

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CHILDREN LEARN THROUGH GUIDED PARTICIPATION OF OTHERS, SUCH AS,…

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•CHALLENGE
•ASSIST
•ADD INFORMATION
•ENCOURAGE

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ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT (ZPD)

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•SKILLS (COGNITIVE & PHYSICAL) THAT PERSON CAN EXERCISE ONLY WITH ASSISTANCE

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SCAFFOLDING

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TEMPORARY SUPPORT AIMED AT HELPING MASTER GOAL

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Selective attention

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the ability to focus on a single task or stimulus while ignoring distracting
information

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Fast-mapping

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words are easily learned by making connections between new words and
concepts already known

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OTHER COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTS (ABOUT 4 YRS)

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•HAVE DEVELOPED CAPACITY FOR VERBAL THOUGHT
•BEGIN TO ENJOY TRICKS, RIDDLES, & GUESSING GAMES

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RAPID VOCABULARY

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•LOGICAL EXTENSION
•AFTER LEARNING A WORD, USE THAT WORD TO DESCRIBE OTHER OBJECTS IN THE SAME CATERGORY

43
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Emotional intelligence

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Ability to recognize own feelings
(Recognize emotions of others
Managing own emotions
Impulse control)

44
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USE OF GRAMMAR

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•ARTICLES
•PLURALS (OVER REGULARIZATION)
•APPLYING RULES OF GRAMMAR WHEN EXCEPTIONS OCCUR

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Empathy

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the ability to understand emotion and concerns of another person (part of emotional intelligence)
Notice other’s emotional state / match their emotions

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Protective optimism

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Over-estimate skills and knowledge (Optimistic view)
Not comparing yet/allows them to try new things

47
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Gender identity

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Feeling or sense of being male, female, or an alternative gender and contentment with one’s gender

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Gender

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Socially constructed

49
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TRANSGENDER

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Term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth

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GENDER ROLES

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SET OF BELIEFS ABOUT MALES & FEMALES

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GENDER CONSTANCY

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UNDERSTANDING GENDER REMAINS SAME DESPITE CHANGES IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE

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Family function

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Way a family works to meet the needs of its members (more important)

53
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Three factors increase the likelihood of family dysfunction:

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  1. Frequent changes
    (Homeless children, Parental deployment, Natural disasters, sickness)
  2. Poverty
  3. Conflict
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PARENTING STYLES (BAUMRIND)

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•REMEMBER
•WAY TO THINK ABOUT PARENTING
•COMBINATION OF TECHNIQUES IS OFTEN USED
•INCONSISTENCY - not helpful

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PERMISSIVE (INDULGENT)

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•FEW DEMANDS
•LITTLE PUNISHMENT
•CHILD—LITTLE SELF-RESTRAINT

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AUTHORITARIAN

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•RULES WITH NO RATIONALE
•NO BARGAINING
•CHILD—POOR INTERACTION SKILLS

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AUTHORITATIVE

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•RULES, BUT EXPLAIN RATIONALE (ideal)
•FLEXIBLE
•BARGAINING
•CHILD—SELF-RELIANCE, HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM, BETTER SOCIAL SKILLS

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NEGLECTFUL/ UNINVOLVED

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•UNAWARE OF CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR & DON’T SEEM TO CARE

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FUNCTIONAL PLAY

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SIMPLE, REPETITIVE ACTIVITIES

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CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY

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•MANIPULATE OBJECTS TO PRODUCE SOMETHING (COGNITIVE SKILLS, FINE MOTOR MOVEMENTS, EXPERIENCE PROBLEM SOLVING)

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TECHNOLOGY PLAY

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•Digital play can advance development if a child is with other children
•Various digital tools are used as part of social interaction

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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•DEVELOP MUSCLE STRENGTH (active play)
•DEVELOP MUSCLE CONTROL

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ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLAY

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PLAY SEEMS TO BE ROUGH BUT NO INTENT TO HARM (active play)
•WRESTLING
•CHASING

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SOCIODRAMATIC PLAY

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(SYMBOLIC PLAY OR REPRESENTATIONAL PLAY)
•KIDS ACT OUT ROLES & STORIES, RE-ENACT THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES
•BUILDS ON PRETENDING & IMAGINATION
•Explore and rehearse the social roles
•Test their ability to explain
•Practice regulating their emotions
•Develop a self-concept

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PLAY & GENDER

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•BOYS MORE ROUGH & TUMBLE PLAY
•GIRLS ORGANIZED GAMES & ROLE PLAYING
•TREND SAME-SEX PLAY MATES (INCREASES IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD)