Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is the difference between growth and development?
Growth is the change in size while development is the change in skills over time.
What are the four domains of child development?
Physical, Intellectual, emotional, and social are the four different domains of Child development
What is epigenetics?
The study of genes and the changes
The stages of Maslows Hierarchy of needs?
Physical Needs, Security, Love and Acceptance, Esteem, and Self-Actualization.
The first level of Maslows Hiearchy of Needs?
Physical Needs
Feeling safe is what level of needs on the pyramid?
Security
Feeling of accomplishment is what level?
Esteem
What are the different kinds of stress?
Positive, Tolerable, and Toxic
What is the difference between indirect and direct observations?
Direct is watching the child in their natural environment while indirect observations is information that you gather from outside sources.
What are the factors that influence growth and development?
- Hereditary (Nature)
- Environment (Nurture)
- Heredity and Envoriment Combined
- Heredity Affected by Enviorment
What are the guidelines for observations?
Observing carefully.
Know your main objective.
Protect childrens rights.
What happened during the Marshmallow Experiment?
Some children sat still waiting for the second one. A couple children looked at the marshmallow for a couple minutes and then decided to take small bites or just eat it. Very few children did not eat it and they got the other marshmallow as promised.
What are the benefits of studying children?
You understand the way they have and their interactions.
True or False: Infancy is 0-12 months
False
Neonatal is 0-1 month while Infancy is 1-12 months.
True or False: Intellectual is focused on understanding emotions.
False
Intellectual focuses on brain growth and what you learn.
