Chapter 7 pt. 2 Flashcards
What is the difference between Rough-and-tumble play and Aggressive Behaviour
Rough-and-tumble play = running, chasing, wrestling, hitting with an open hand, laughing, and making faces
Aggressive Behaviour = hitting with a fist, pushing, taking, grabbing, and angry looks
What are Fine Motor Skills
skills that use small muscles (like fingers, wrists) and develop gradually and later compared to gross motor skills
True or False: Canadians are becoming more and more involved in their children’s lives compared to before
True
In Inuit Culture, are children monitored closely by their parents? why?
No they are not, children are actually encouraged to make their own choices and be independent and to explore. This encourages self-reliance
The development of drawing (in children) is linked to the development of what?
Motor and Cognitive Skills
At ages 2, at the age of 3, and ages 4-5, how do children tend to draw
Age 2: they scribble in various locations on the page
Age 3: Start to draw basic shapes (circles, squares, odd shapes, x’s)
Age 4-5: stage to reach the pictorial stage where designed resemble actual objects
In a recent study by Yang and Noel (2006), they confirmed findings of what?
That 4-5 year olds prefer single line drawings with centred placement, because their hand-eye coordination is still developing so centred drawings dominate over other areas
How does hand preferences evolve in infancy
by ages 2/3 months, a toy placed in an infants hand is held longer in the dominant hand
by 4 months, infants show a clear-cut preference with objects
preference increases during 7-11 months
What percentage of the population is left-handed
17%
Explain the study conducted by Rat-Fischer on handedness
16-22 month-olds were watched as they reached for a toy rake in front of them
Young infants used their hand of preference, Older infants used the hand that had the easiest retrieval, older children could use either hand
If both of your parents are right handed, what are the chances of you also being right handed?
92%
If both of your parents are left handed, what are the chances of you also being left handed??
50%
What are some bad things about being left handed
it is shown to be related to language problems (dyslexia, stuttering) and health problems (high blood pressure, epilepsy)
What are some advantages of being left handed
a high percentage of math0whizzes are left handed, and it is shown to be associated with athletic activities like handball, fencing, boxing, basketball, and baseball.
Also most musicians, architects, and artists are left handed
Why are kids in our generation referred to as “Generation XL”
because we are the most overweight generation, 31% of Canadian children (ages 5-17) are obese or overweight
