Final Exam Flashcards
According to a Media Smart (2015) study, Grades 4-5 (ages 9-11):
___% have a smartphone
___/3 worry they spend too much time online
___ in 5 report sleeping with their cell phone bc they don’t want to miss messages
- 24%
- 1/3
- 1 in 5
What website is the top website for children aged 9-11?
Youtube
What are the most popular online activities for children ages 9-11?
- playing games
- streaming music
- TV shows/movies
- Reading and posting on networking sites
According to a Media Smart (2015) study, Grades 6-7 (age 11-13)
- ___% own a smartphone
___/3 worry they spend too much time online
____% report sleeping with cell phone
____% go offline to voluntarily spend time with friends/family
- 52% own a smartphone
- 1/3 worry they spend too much time online
- 37% report sleeping with their phone
- 81% go offline to voluntarily spend time with family/friends
What are some negative consequences of media and technology?
- physical and brain development
- social development
- privacy and safety
___ % of research found a negative affect of technology on sleep- especially active forms of technology
90%
T or F: TV viewing is associated with increased attention spans.
False: Tv viewing is associated with decreased attention spans.
According to Devitt and Roker (2009) what are come concerns for children having cell phones?
- theft or mugging
- bullying or unpleasant incident recorded and circulates
- expense
- peer pressure to have the “right” phone
- Long term health risks
- Talking with strangers and being less communicative
What are some risks to privacy and safety (pertaining to technology)?
- Limited understanding of data privacy (65% have never had a privacy policy or terms of use agreement explained to them.
- Online meanness
What are the digital media guidelines for children ages 2-5 years?
- No more than 1 hour per day for digital media
- Negative affects on health and development
- Should focus on reading, exercise, play, and social interactions
What are the digital media guidelines for children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years?
- Depends on type of media and the child’s age, health, developmental stage, and temperament
- Develop a family plan (rules around media at home)
- Educate child on how to use the internet, avoid internet harassment, and know the child’s passwords
Canadian children (2-11years) spend an average of ____ hours per week watching television.
15.5 hours
How does Sesame Street impact children?
- promotes intellectual growth of preschoolers (particularly those in low SES)
- Regular viewing increases children’s learning of numbers, letters, and cognitive skills such as sorting and classification.
- May increase impulse control and concentration
What are the three elements of emotions?
- Subjective feeling
- Physiological change
- Overt behaviour
What are self-conscious emotions? (complex emotions)
- Feelings of success and failure to meet expectations or standards
- Related to feelings about ourselves
When do complex emotions begin to appear?
Appear at the end of the age 2 (18-24 months)
At what age do children learn to self sooth with simple strategies?
6 months to 2 years
In early childhood, children being to talk about their _______ and try to control them.
feelings
Regarding the development of self-regulation, it is important that children know there is a wide range of _______ and how to label them
emotions
At age 10, which types of self-regulation will children tend to use?
- Problem centred coping
- Emotion centered coping
What happens during problem centred coping?
Appraise situation, difficulty, and decide what to do.
What happens during emotion centred coping?
About controlling distress when can’t control outcome
What is social referencing ?
Using another persons’ emotions to understand an uncertain situation.
Why is social referencing important?
- teaches a child how to react to many everyday events
- move beyond reacting to another’s emotions (start to understand the meaning behind emotions)
What are display rules?
Culturally specific standards for appropriate expressions of emotions in settings or with people.
What is temperament?
How we react and regulate ourselves (the better you can regulate your emotions, the better your temperament)
What are Rothbart’s (2007) three dimensions of temperament?
- Surgency/ extraversion
- Negative affect
- Effortful control
Describe surgency/ extraversion:
- The extent to which a child is generally happy, active and vocal
- Regularly seeks interesting stimulation
Describe negative affect:
- The extent to which a child is angry, fearful or shy
- Not easily sootherd
Describe Effortful Control:
- The extent to which a child can focus attention, not easily distracted
- Can inhibit responses
During middle childhood to adulthood, how stable is temperament?
- Temperament is moderately stable
T or F: Fraternal twins are more alike in temperament than identical twins?
False: Identical twins are more alike in temperament
How long does it take to form full attachment?
2 years
List the four characteristics of attachment:
- Proximity seeking
- Separation distress
- Secure Base
- Safe Haven
What are the four phases of attachment?
- Preattachment Phase
- Attachment in the making phase
- True attachment phase
- Reciprocal relationships
Describe the preattachment phase:
- Bring newborns into close contact with parents
- use signals with parents to bring them closer (ie smiling, grasping)
- Not attached yet
Describe the attachment in the making phase:
- Safe Haven
- Developed trust with caregiver
- No separation protest
Describe the true attachment phase:
- Attachment is clear
- Show separation anxiety or protest (upset when familiar caregiver leaves)
- Secure base and proximity seeking
Describe reciprocal relationships:
- End of 2nd year
- Separation protest declines
- Clear sense of confidence
In the “Strange Situation” video, what type of attachment does Lisa have with her mother?
Secure attachment
- Secure base
- separation distress
- safe haven
- proximity seeking
What happens when a child has a secure attachment?
- uses parent as a secure base
- may or may not cry upon separations
- seek out parent for comfort when reunited
What happens when someone in middle childhood, adolescence or adulthood has a secure attachment?
- good self image, confident
- approach others for comfort and support
- can problem solve and comfort themselves
What happens when infants or young children have avoidant attachment?
- unresponsive to parent when present
- not visibly upset, do not care for the stranger
- avoid parent during reunion
- physiologically stressed out but don’t outwardly show it
What happens when middle childhood, adolescents, and adults have avoidant attachment?
- Label as fearful or dismissing attachment
- Low self image and confidence or inflated sense of self
- Either dismiss relationships to protect themselves or are afraid of relationships for fear of rejection
What happens when infants or young children have resistant attachment?
- Fail to explore, seek closeness to caregiver
- Distressed during separation
- Distraught and not easily comforted (clinginess with anger)
What happens when middle childhood, adolescents, and adults have resistant attachment?
- Labelled as “preoccupied” attachment
- Low self image and confidence
- Idealize “others” and use them to boost their low self worth
What happens when infants or young children have disorganized attachment?
- Confused and show contradictory behaviours during reunions
- Dazed facial expression and odd frozen postures
- Labelled as dismissing, fearful, or preoccupied in middle childhood, adolescence and adulthood
What factors may affect attachment?
- Internal working models (Bowlby)
- Views about self
- Views about others
What are the consequences of attachment for children who were rated as secure?
- display more sociability and positive behaviours toward friends and siblings
- less clinging and dependence on teachers
- less aggressive and disruptive behaviour
- more empathy and emotional maturity managing social environments
What are the consequences of attachment for children who were rated as insecure?
- Specifically avoidant (less positive and supportive friends)
- More likely to become sexually active early and practice riskier sex
- Also show some kind of deviant behaviour patterns