Department Questions Flashcards

1
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How much height and how much weight are kids expected to gain each year of their elementary school years?

A

Each year that a kid is in elementary school, they’re gonna gain 2-3 inches in height and 5 pounds in weight

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2
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What are the two things that cause the generations to get taller and heavier?

A

Environment and Heredity

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3
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A kid has drastically improved his footwork, what skill is he showing?

A

Agility

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4
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What is the stage that elementary school kids are in?

A

Concrete operational

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5
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What is the concrete operational stage characterized by?

A

Logical and flexible thinking

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6
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As children get older, their changes in attention become

A

More adaptable

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7
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Children consistently use memory strategies by about what age?

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By mid elementary school years

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8
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Which reflects the change in self description between the ages of 8-11?

A

Children emphasize competencies when describing themselves (CECWDT)

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9
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What is the term called when children can imagine what other people are thinking?

A

Perspective taking

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10
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What do school age kids begin to take into account when evaluating the morality of a person’s actions?

A

Intentions and context

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11
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By the time you get to a certain age in high school, your parents let you make lots of decisions. What is this called?

A

Coregulation

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12
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What is important in fostering healthy and beneficial sibling relationships?

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Parental encouragement of warm sibling ties (PEWST)

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13
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Biological changes that lead to changes in size and sexual maturity

A

Puberty

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14
Q

First outward sign of puberty is what?

A

Growth spurt

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15
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During teen years, adolescents add almost how much height and weight?

A

10-11 inches in height and 50-70 pounds in weight

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16
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What was Piaget’s stage for high school students?

A

Formal operational

17
Q

Piaget said that egocentrism that appears in teenagers involves their inability to distinguish what?

A

The perspectives of self and others (PSO)

18
Q

What is cognitive self regulation?

A

Plan out steps for an assignment or task

19
Q

What type of parent is the most dangerous parent?

A

Uninvolved parent

20
Q

According to Erik Erikson, the stage that is prominent in adolescence is

A

Identity versus role confusion

21
Q

Maria feels a strong sense of ethnic group membership. What is she displaying?

A

Ethnic identity

22
Q

The code of ethical conduct is needed because

A

Children are vulnerable and they lack power

23
Q

What are the five sections of the code of ethical conduct?

A

Children, families, colleagues, community and society (CFCCS)

24
Q

Which principle is the most important of all of the code of ethical conduct?

A

When doing experiments with children, don’t harm kids

25
Q

On average, children in middle childhood learn about how many words a day?

A

20

26
Q

Mrs. Willows provides her second graders with opportunities to communicate in many situations. Her students show gains in the communicative style of language. What does this emphasize?

A

Pragmatics

27
Q

How do children who are bilingual perform compared to others on tests of cognitive abilities?

A

They perform better than others

28
Q

Gains in language development during the teenage years are largely due to what?

A

Improved capacity for reflective thought and abstraction (ICRTA)

29
Q

During teenage years, vocabulary growth involves the addition of many

A

Abstract words

30
Q

Teenage slang is an example of teenagers

A

Mastery of language style

31
Q

Gender intensification refers to

A

Increased gender stereotyping of attitudes and behavior (IGSAB)