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1
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Average 4 year old expressive vocab size

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1,500 words

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Average 6 year old expressive vocab size

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2,600 words

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At what trimester is the inner ear fully developed?

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By the start of the third trimester

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4
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What are gross motor skills

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Large movements, using arms, legs, feet or whole body

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What are fine motor skills?

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Smaller movements using fingers, toes, facial muscles

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Which bodily direction is cephalo-caudal?

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Head-to-toe

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7
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Which bodily direction is promxio-distal?

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Midline to extremities

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8
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What age can they stand and walk alone?

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10-17 months

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What age do they develop the ‘four finger grip’?

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7-8 months

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What age do they develop the ‘pincer grip’?

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10-12 months

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What is egocentric thinking?

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Child is unable to see a situation from another person’s point of view.

Child assumes that other people see, hear and feel exactly the same as the child does

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When do children stop egocentric thinking?

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Around the age of 7

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13
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What is object permanence?

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The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed

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What are Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development?

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  1. Sensorimotor (birth to 2 years)
  2. Preoperational (2-6 years)
  3. Concrete operational (7-12 years)
  4. Formal operational (12+ years)
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What is the sensorimotor stage?

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Infant experiences the world through immediate sensory impressions and actions.

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What is the preoperational stage?

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Children represent the world with words and images, but cannot manipulate/transform these images.

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What is concrete operational?

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Children can manipulate representations and reason logically about concrete events but not abstract concepts.

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What is formal operational?

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Teenage is able to reason logically and concrete events and abstract symbols.

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19
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What is CONSPEC?

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An automatic activation for your preference for faces

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20
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What is CONLERN?

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The learned process for faces rather than the automatic process.

21
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What is innate subjectivity?

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The infant is born with an awareness specially receptive to the subjective states in other persons.

22
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What is intersubjectivity?

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Natural sociability of infants serves to intrinsically motivate companionship, or cooperative awareness

23
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Stranger wariness or stranger anxiety

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Usually occurs around 9 months, its an act of avoidance, and does not usually include strong fear reactions

24
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Define empathy

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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another

25
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Define sympathy

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An effective response that consists of feeling sorrow or concern for the distressed or needy one

Restricted to negative emotions

26
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Define personal distress

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Self-focused, aversive emotional reaction to another person’s demotion or condition

Self focused so you find someone else’s emotional state distressful

27
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Empathy example

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You fail, your friend passes - you feel happy seeing your friend happy with their mark

28
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Sympathy example

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You pass, your friend fails, you feel sad seeing your friend unhappy

29
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Personal distress example

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You pass, your friend fails - the idea of failing scares and upsets you

30
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When do children develop empathy for another’s feelings?

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3 years

31
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What is socio-cognitive understanding (SCU) a measure of?

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Children’s understanding of persons becomes more elaborate and flexible, increasingly taking in and coordinating aspects of mental life

32
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What is false-belief understanding?

What age group do they demonstrate this?

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To recognise that others can have beliefs about the world that are different to their own

4 years old

33
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How old are babies when they become aware of their physical bodies?

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At 10 months

34
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What is true belief?

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Their belief is the same as the true states of the world

35
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What is false belief?

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Where their belief goes against the ideas of the world

36
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How many Australian children are obese?

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1 in 4

37
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T or F: childhood obesity is more prevalent in big cities than in country towns.

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FALSE

38
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T or F: the physical environment of your area is a genuine risk factor for childhood obesity

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TRUE

39
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T or F: increase in time spent on screens is a significant factor in the recent increase in childhood obesity

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TRUE

40
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T or F: fast food is cheaper than home cooked meals

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TRUE and FALSE

41
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What are some causes of childhood obesity?

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Large portion size; over consumption of sugar sweetened beverages; declines in overall physical activity; increased frequency of eating away from home; increased screen time

42
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Why is it harder for children to have the goal of loosing weight?

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Poorer executive functions (forward planning); less impulse control; poorer understanding of nutrition and health; dependent on caregiver for diet and exercise opportunities; actual behaviour change is really hard

43
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Where does the most effective treatment for childhood obesity come from?

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The parents/family as a whole

44
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What are some of the American Academy of Paediatric guidelines?

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The ban for screens for under 2s lifted
All video chatting allowed at any age
No screens at mealtimes or 1 hour before bed
Emphasises importance of parent/family engagement with the media content

45
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What are some problems with ‘giftedness’?

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Difficulties fitting in with peers; often prefer the company of older children/adults; frustration and disruptive behaviours; isolation and loneliness; labelling of the child can lead to pressure to exceed or fear of failure

46
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What are symptoms of expressive language impairment?

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Difficulty putting words and sentences together to express thoughts; reduced vocabulary; grammatical errors; difficulty finding the right word

47
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What are symptoms of receptive language impairment?

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Difficulty understanding the meaning of words; difficulty understanding what is said; not answering questions appropriately; not following instructions

48
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Definition of neglect

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A deficit in meeting a child’s basic needs, such as health care, supervision, clothing, nutrition etc.

49
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What are examples of mild-moderate neglect?

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Dressed in shorts in winter; inappropriate diet; no guidance for dental hygiene; failure to attend health checks; failure to attend school

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