FINAL Flashcards
brain dev: prefrontal cortex
planning, organizing new tasks, maintaining attention to tasks
brain dev: executive functioning
impulse control, emotional control, flexible thinking, working memory, self-monitoring, planning and prioritizing, task initiation and organization
decentration
gradual progression of a child way from egocentrism toward a reality shared w others
reversibility
the child learns some things that have changed can be returned to original state
seriation
mental skills kids learn in early childhood
ex: ordering things from thin to big or short to tall
food desert
area where it’s difficult to afford good quality and fresh foods
food swamps
area w 4 or more stores every quarter mile or where the ratio of unhealthy to healthy food is 2:3
play dev: solitary
2-3 yrs, play w toys but not each other
play dev: onlooker
3-4 yrs, observe others while they play
play dev: parallel
4-5 yrs, play next to each other but don’t interact
play dev: associative
5-6 yrs, share materials but don’t coordinate activity
play dev: cooperative
6-7 yrs, engage in a single activity together
the case of david reimer
sex was assigned male but was raises as a girl. he identifies as a boy/man despite being raised otherwise
cisgender
sense of gender matches biological sex
transgender
sense of gender doesn’t match biological sex
kohlberg’s cog-dev theory: gender identity
2 yrs; “I am a boy”