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Chapter 5 Early Childhood: Body and Mind Flashcards

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1
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BMI is what between 2-6

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lowest that it ever will

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where does the center of gravity go

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moves from breast bone down to belly button

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what does a lower center of gravity allow you to do

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allows you to figure out different things with your body such as exercise

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children in food insecure households are more likely as adults to

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overeat when not hungry

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in low income family cultures parents tend to guard against undernutrition and rely on

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fast foods

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low income family cultures are more vulnerable to

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obesity

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how many children have food allergies

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10%

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what is the most common food allergies

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milk
eggs
peanuts
tree nuts
soy
wheat
shellfish

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the brain reaches 90 percent of adult weight by age

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6

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what development contributes to increase weight of the brain

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myelin

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what is myelination

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fatty coating on axons that protects and speeds signals between neurons

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12
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axons organize strucure of

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network connectivity

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13
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hemispheres

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half of the brain

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14
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what side of the brain controls the left side of your body

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right

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15
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corpus callosum

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very center of brain
thick band on axons

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16
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lateralization

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certain functions on one side
Left side= speech/language
right side = creativity

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when does the prefrontal cortex mature

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2-6 years old

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18
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what does it mean when the prefrontal cortex is more mature

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sleep becomes regular
emotions become more responsive
temper tantrums decrease
uncontrollable laugher/tears are less common

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19
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neurons have two types of impulses

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activate (on)
inhibit (off)

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20
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inhibition

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off

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21
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limbic system controls

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emotion

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22
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impulsivity

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act without thinking

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perseveration

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getting stuck on one thought or action

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24
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stress has an impact on

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brain and development

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25
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what type of thinking happens during preoperations

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precausual reasoning

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what is included in pre causal reasoning

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symbolic thought

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27
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is logic attainable at preoperationation stage

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no

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28
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animism

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believe that inanimate objects have human properties

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centeration

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focus on a single salient aspect of an object
(EX: your father is not a son)

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egocentrism

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see world only from owns point of view
cannot understand both roles
(EX: buying a gift you like for your mom)

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31
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lack of conservation

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does not understand that properties of an object remain the same even though apperence have been altered

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static reasoning

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nothing changes

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33
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irreversibility

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nothing can be undone
(cheese on a sandwich)

34
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if you have a short and wide cup and a tall and narrow cup, what cup will children think have more

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tall one

35
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children learn through guided participation with

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mentors

36
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who can be a mentor

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parent, teacher, sibling

37
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what do mentors do

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present challenges
offer assistance
provide informaiton
encourage motivation

38
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zone of proximal development

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term for skills that a person can exercise only with assistance not yet idndependent

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scaffolding

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temporary support that is tailored to a learners needs and abilities and aimed at helping the learned master the next task in a given learning process

40
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overimitation

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person imitates an action that is not relevant part of the behavior to be learned

41
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Piaget emphasized

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immaturity

42
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vgotsky stressed

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power of social context

43
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both vgosky and piget did what

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appreciated curiosity
extaordianary langiage developmet

44
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private speech

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involves internal dialouge

45
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what is nor necessarily taught in school but we still learn parts

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STEM

46
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what is theory of mind

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theory of what other people might be thinking

47
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what is required from both theorists for theory of mind

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maturation
social experience

48
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executive function

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cognitive ability to organize and prioritize many thoughts

49
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what is executive function comprised in

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working memory
cognitive flexibility
inhibitory control

50
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is language learning critical or sensitive

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sensitive

51
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how many words does a 6 year old know

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10,000

52
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between 2 and 6 how many words do they learn everyday

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6

53
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fast mapping

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placement of new things in mental categories according to their perceived meaning

54
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logical extension

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occurs when children use a word to describe other objects in the same category
(Dalmatian cow)

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code switch

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switch languages mid sentence because they cannot remember the word in the language they were previously speaking

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overregulation

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application of rules like grammar even when exceptions occur
(EX: runned)

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pragmatics

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adjusting communication to audience and context

58
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when is the best time to learn a new language

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early childhood

59
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watering two languages before 6 seems to contribute to

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lifelong neurological benefits

60
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language shift

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someone becoming more fluent in the school language then the home language

61
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code focused teaching

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sounds
phonics

62
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book reading

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develop vocabulary and print awarness

63
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parent education

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encourage cognition

64
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language enhance meant

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help expand vocabulary in the zone of proximal development

65
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low cost may be

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low quality

66
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high cost does it mean high quality

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not necessarily

67
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what type of program encourages creativity

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child centered

68
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what type of program prepares for formal education

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teacher directed

69
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what type of program prepares low SES children for first grade

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intervention

70
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example of child directed program

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montessori

71
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teacher directed programs stress

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academic subjects

72
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current goals of intervention programs

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now teacher directed

73
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what type of impact comes from interventional prgrams

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positive

74
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early childhood education does what

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reduces the risk of later problems, needing special education

increase likelihood that a child will become a law abiding adult

75
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fear is related to what structure

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amygdala

76
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focus on apperence

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exclusion of other attributes

77
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who came up with social learning

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vygotsky

78
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children who are more likely to tell the truth have less experience with

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being punished for lying

79
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flexibility

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ability to see things from another perspective

80
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working memory

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what can easily be brought to the mind

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