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Chapter 9: Middle Childhood Physical+Cognitive Flashcards

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1
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What happens to the weight and growth

A
  1. Slow and steady growth

2. Body weight doubles

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What are the issues in healthy nutrition 2

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  1. Too much sugar, salt and fat

2. Oversized portions

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3
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Sex differences in growth and nutrition

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Boys slightly taller and heavier until 10 years old or until girls start puberty

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4
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Childhood obesity ____ since 1980

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tripled

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5
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What % of children are overweight

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30

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6
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Poor diet and sedentary is the result of what …

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Screen time

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7
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Consequences of being overweight2

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  1. Health risks:diabetes, hypertension and asthma

2. Emotional risk :Self esteem and rejection

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8
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What do children need to eat

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BREAKFAST

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9
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What reduces ear infections

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growth of eustachian tube

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10
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what % of school age children are affected by myopia

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29%

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11
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What contributes to myopia

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heredity + environment

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12
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How many hours a day should children be on screen
0-2=
3-9=
10-18=

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0
1
2

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13
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consequences of too much screen time (8)
D
O
S
M
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A
R
U
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–Gross motor skills

Motor Development

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  • Improvement of Balance coordination strength
  • Muscle growth
  • Reaction time improves
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-Finr motor skills
Motor Development
Old
new

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-Improvement of exisitng skills such as dress, wash ,eat

New: Writing\ Arts/ Musical instrument s

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16
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what % of Canadian youth meet the physical activity target

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40%

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17
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How many minutes of activity per day

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60 min

18
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What is the max of screen time per day

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2 hours

19
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Accident #1

A

greater risk of injury than preschool kids

20
Q 
Most common accidents under 20 
F
C
B
N
A

Falls
Car accident
Bike accidents
near drownias

21
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Piagets concrete Operational theory

LCTS

A

Logic
Conservation
Transivity
Seriation

22
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Logic

A

deduction, reasoning of ideas

23
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Conservation

A

FLAT CLAY= round clay because it has the same amount

24
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Transivity

A

Being able to understand how objects are related to one another

a dog is a mammal and that a boxer is a dog, then a boxer must be a mammal

25
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Seriation

A

the process of arranging a collection of items in a specific order (series) on the basis of a particular dimension (e.g., size)

26
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Moral Development Kohlbhergs Theory

A

Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional

27
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Preconventional
1
2

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  1. consequence of behavior

2. right thing when satisfies person

28
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Conventional
1
2

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  1. moral behaviour helps others and is socially approved

2. moral behavior = duty and showing respect to authority

29
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Postconventional
1
2

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  1. humans vs soceirty order

2. universal ethical principles + conscience

30
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What type of memory improves 2

A
  1. Selective memory

2. paying attention to multiple aspects of a situation

31
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What type of memory is similar to adult level in organization and strategies

A

short term memory

32
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what other type of memory improves and what else improves

A
  1. Long term memory

2. knowledge increases

33
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Gardners theory of multiple intelligences (9)
L
LM
S
M
BK
I
I
N
E
A 
linguistic
Logical-mathematical
spatial 
musical 
Bodily-kinesthetic
Interperosnal 
Intrapersonal 
Naturalistic
Existential
34
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IQ
Alfred Binet
-STUDIED WHAT
-WHAT IS THE RESULT 
-WHAT DID HE BELIEVE
A
  • Normal vs inferior
  • a need for more teaching not an inability to learn
  • didn’t measure intelligence
35
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IQ
Goddard and Terman-STUDIED WHAT
-WHAT IS THE RESULT 4
-WHAT DID HE BELIEVE

A
  • revised Binets IQ test
  • normal moron, idiot, imbecile
  • Intelligence is based on heredity and is fixed
36
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Wetchler Intelligence scale for children

what were the 3 types of IQ subtests

A
  1. Verbal
    - information,similarities, arithmetic, vocab, comprehension, digit span
  2. Performace
    - Picture completion, coding, picture arrangement, block design, object assembly, symbol search, mazes
  3. Full scale IQ
37
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ADHD

causes 3

A

genetics
brain chem
executive control(frontal lobe)

38
Q

ADHD

Treatment 2

A

operant conditioning

CBT to change neg thinking

39
Q

ADHD

Sex differences

A

Boys: hyper and lack of focus

Girls: talkative, risk-taking, noisy, worrying, poor self-esteem ,perfectionism

40
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Learning disability

Dyslexia –genetics

A

left, hemisphere neurological circulation

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