Exam Flashcards
Traits that are passed to a child from blood relatives
Heredity
Gradual process through which babies become adults
Development
Conditions and situations that surround and affect a child
Environment
Brain cells that send and receive electrical impulses throughout the brain
Neurons
Network of brain fibers
Wiring
Brain’s ability to weed out unused connections
Pruning
Prime period in a child’s life for developing a particular skill
Window of Opportunity
Brain’s ablity to change or adapt to the environment
Brain Plascticity
Results of studies that describe how humans are alike
Principles of Growth and Development
Learnings or skills in growth and development that follow one another in a set order
Sequenced Steps
Time when a person can learn a new task because the body is physically ready, caregivers encourage and support, and the child feels a strong desire to learn
Teachable moments
Skills a person should master at a certain stage in life
Developmental tasks
Families with members from 2 or more cultural groups
Multicultural Families
A situation in which divorced parents share child care and decision making responsibilities regarding their children
Joint custody
A state funded or private agency licensed by the state to handle adoptions
Adoption agency
Type of adoption arranged by the birthparents, adoptive family, and usually one person
Independent adoption
An adoption in which a child bought or sold
Illegal market adoption
Stages that depict family changes
Family Life Cycle
Type of parenting style in which parents gice children almost no guidelines or rules
Permissive
Words and actions parents use to influence their child’s behavior
Guidance
Part of guidance concerned with use of methods and techniqus to teach children self-control
Discipline
Resources used to meet child-related costs that could have been used to meet other goals
Indirect costs
Form of discipline in which parents threaten children or suggest some form of parent/child seperation
Love withdrawal
Having more than one culture represented among a group of people, such as a nation
Cultural diversity
