Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning Principles Flashcards
The transition period from infancy to puberty
Childhood
The period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Adolescence
A person over the age of 18 but are unable to fully take care of themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition are classified as a ________ under the Republic Act 7610
child
_________ is the quantitative attribute of an individual such as their height and weight
Growth
______________ involves both qualitative and quantitative progression and decline of an individual’s biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional attributes
Development
Development results from ___________ and _______________
maturity, experiences
He developed the concept of developmental tasks
Robert Havighurst
Learning to take solid food is an example of __________ developmental task
infant’s
Learning to take control of the elimination of body wastes is an example of a developmental task of an individual under ______________________
early childhood
Acquiring a masculine or feminine social role is a developmental task of _______________
adolescents
It is referred to as a “critical period” in personality development because at this time, the foundations are laid upon which the adult personality structure will be built
Babyhood
“Men are built not born,” this quotation by John Watson states the effect of ____________________________ on a person’s development
environmental stimulation
The ______________________ supports the notion, “children will develop best if they are left free as possible”
Theory of Freedom
Uncontrolled sudden movement of infants is called ____________
reflex
_____________________ allows infants to drink milk and is triggered by a touch on the mouth’s roof
Sucking reflex
When infants attempt to search for mother’s milk, they will turn their heads towards their mother’s chest. This reflex is called _________________
rooting reflex
____________________ is the infant’s response to sudden and loud sounds
Moro or startle reflex
Development proceeds from ______________________ as evidenced by the ability of the newborn infant to move his whole body instead of moving only a part of it
general to specific
___________________ allows baby to turn his head away from something that blocks his or her airflow
Head turning reflex
It is one of an infant’s innate reflexes that resembles fencing pose
Tonic Neck Reflex
It is the brain’s ability to change from experience
Plasticity
The degradation of nerve cells that slows down the information processing of the brain is known as _____________.
Pruning
By the age of 12-18 months, babies can…
keep and recall information from their memory
It is the nutritional status of women during pregnancy and lactation which directly affects the child’s health and development
Maternal Nutrition
It is the child’s state of nutritional balance is crucial in his early developmental age
Child Nutrition
When a person begins to acquire language by learning or mimicry, he or she is undergoing ___________________________
language development
Children learn their first language ______________________________ from parents or caretakers
without conscious instruction
Two Classifications of Bilingual Language Acquisition
- Simultaneous Bilingualism
- Sequential Bilingualism
____________________________ occurs when a child acquires two languages at the
same time.
Simultaneous Bilingualism
________________________ occurs when a child learns his second language by drawing out knowledge and experience of the first language
Sequential Bilingualism
It is the loss of the ability to produce and understand language due to brain injury
Aphasia
Children with _____________ often find reading and spelling to be very difficult tasks
Dyslexia
The first-substage known as the ______________________ includes sucking and gripping reflexes
reflex schema stage
Second sub-stage is known as a ____________________________ involves the development of a child’s habit
primary circular reaction
It is exhibited by the child who believes in something without knowing why he believes it
Intuitive Thought
Treating inanimate objects as if they are alive is known as ___________
Animism
It is the inability of the child to take the point of view of others
Ego-centrism
When a learner focuses only on one aspect of a stimulus while disregarding other details, he is exhibiting _____________
centration