ch. 6 development

Question 1

motor development starts with

Answer 1

reflexes

Question 2

sucking is first (automatic response)

Answer 2

ex: when something is placed in infants mouth, automatically start sucking

Question 3

rooting

Answer 3

ex: stroking the side of an infants cheek, turn and open there mouth

Question 4

grasping

Answer 4

ex: infant grabbing an adult hand, only reflex it’s strong

Question 5

stepping

Answer 5

ex: holding a baby, while they walk this reflex disappears before begin to walk

Question 6

babinkski (spirit fingers)

Answer 6

ex: stroke bottom of a babies foot, they will curl there toes

Question 7

moro

Answer 7

ex: when a baby arches there back, there arms will go out

Question 8

all the reflexes when infant

Answer 8

they all disappear

Question 9

3 months as infant

Answer 9

prone-pushing up with hands to hold up head, requires a lot of muscle strength

Question 10

5-6 months infant

Answer 10

sit up without support, ability to balance hands are free

Question 11

8- 10 months infant

Answer 11

crawling/ gaining independence

Question 12

12 months infant

Answer 12

takes first steps

Question 13

cognitive development/ jean piaget

Answer 13

pioneers in the field of development psychology, did his own theories on his children, believed children learned but acting

Question 14

scheme

Answer 14

mental representation of a specific object, what it does/what it’s for

Question 15

assimilation

Answer 15

a new object is added to an existing scheme

Question 16

accommodation

Answer 16

schemes are changed, created or expanded in response to a new object

Question 17

operation

Answer 17

a reversible action ex: playing with playdough

Question 18

piaget’s development stages

Answer 18

sensorimotor stage

Question 19

sensorimotor stage

Answer 19

roughly birth-2years children develop schemes for acting on objects physically present

Question 20

sensorimotor children

Answer 20

have difficulty conceptualizing absent objects

Question 21

object permanence

Answer 21

realizing an object continues to exist when out of sight ex: children graduate when they can represent

Question 22

absent objects

Answer 22

gain object permanence, use symbols to represent objects, pretend play

Question 23

preoperational

Answer 23

roughly 2-7 years, can use symbols to represent absent objects

Question 24

centration

Answer 24

focusing on only the most obvious feature of an object or situation, easily captured by surface features

Question 25

conservation tasks

Answer 25

an operation is performed that changes only the appearance of the objects mass, volume, length, number

Question 26

to pass the stages

Answer 26

children must realize nothing else changed, Fail because they focus on appearance, not perform mental operations

Question 27

Many children graduate by overcoming

Answer 27

centration