Chapter 5 Flashcards
gross motor skills
large muscle movements, such as running, climbing, hoping
fine motor skills
small and coordinated movements such as drawing faces and writing in cursive
gender differences
boys= more aggressive girls= more empathetic and helpful
boys= better spatial abstract math and reasoning skills girls= better verbal and fine motor skills, perceptual skills and math computation
gender role
behaviors, skills, traits, etc. that a CULTURE views as appropriate for male or female
gender stereotype
preconceived generalizations about male and female behavior
gender typing
the process of acquiring gender roles
gender identity
male, female, transgender, neutral, non-binary, etc
gender consistency
the understanding that one’s own and other people’s maleness or femaleness is fixed across situations, regardless of superficial changes in appearance or activities.
cephalocaudal growth in childhood
bodies elongate and then lengthen
mass to specific sequence growth in childhood
physical abilities become more coordinated and precise
differences in play by gender
boys engage in more rough and tumble play; girls engage in fantasy and collaborative pretend play
gender role development
gender identity (2-3yrs) gender consistency (3-7yrs)
conservation tasks
changing the shape of a substance to see whether a child understands its the same amount just in a different shape
reversibility
the knowledge that a change in the way something looks can be reversed
centering
a preoperational child’s tendency to fix on the “pretty part” and not take other things into account
