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Midterm Flashcards

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What three factors impact the development of humans?

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  1. Sports
  2. Nutrition
  3. Attitude
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How do genetics impact the overall development of humans?

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Genes inherited from parents and passed down through generations influence our physical characteristics, intelligence, behavioural patterns, and personality traits.

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How do prenatal experiences and possible exposure impact overall development?

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Life in the womb based on mothers behaviour during pregnancy directly impacts growth and development of baby. Example: FASD - impacts higher cortical functioning brain regions, impact depends on the timing and amount of alcohol exposure

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How does the environment and living experiences impact development?

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Primary relationships and attachment, living environments, socio economic status, education, culture, religion, and ideology impact living experience and determine your development

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Define attachment.

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When a parent responds to a child who is frightened, ill, or hurt, in a consistent and sensitive way and makes them feel safe, secure, and protected.

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What are the four steps to establishing secure attachment?

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  1. Attachment system activates
  2. Primary caregiver responds
  3. Attachment system turns off
  4. Secure attachment is achieved
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Name and describe the first step in establishing a secure attachment.

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Attachment system activated - child becomes frightened, ill, or hurt.

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Name and describe the second step in establishing a secure attachment.

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Primary caregiver responds - A primary caregiver responds quickly and consistently in a sensitive manner that makes the child feel safe, secure, and protected

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Name and describe the third step in establishing a secure attachment.

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Attachment system turns off - Baby is comforted when caregiver responds and is able to resume exploring or play

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Name and describe the fourth step in establishing a secure attachment.

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Secure attachment achieved - Baby has secure attachment and is likely to go on and be a confident, emotionally stable adult who will do well in life and socially

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What are the two elements of a sensitive response?

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  1. Positioning
  2. Mood
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What is a sensitive response?

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When a caregiver responds with mood and positioning.

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What mood is appropriate for a sensitive response?

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  1. Warm response
  2. Kind tone and volume
  3. Gentle and assured
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What positioning is appropriate for a sensitive response?

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  1. At the child’s level
  2. In close proximity
  3. Face to face
  4. Establish eye contact
  5. Look at the baby’s face
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What is temperament?

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Temperament is a set of in-born traits that organize the child’s approach to the world and the general disposition of their characteristics.

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What are the three basic temperaments?

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  1. Easy/flexible child
  2. Difficult/feisty child
  3. Slow to warm/fearful child
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Define the easy/flexible temperament.

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Generally happy, rhythmic biological functioning, accepts new experiences, adapts to new situations, accepts frustration with little fuss

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What strategies can you use when working with the easy/flexible temperament?

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  1. Check in often
  2. Encourage them to communicate feelings and needs to others
  3. Encourage them to seek help when needed
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Define the slow to warm/fearful temperament type.

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Mild and quiet, slow to adapt to new situation, sleeps and eats more regularly than feisty child

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What strategies would work with a slow to warm/fearful child?

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  1. Provide them with additional preparation and support for new situations
  2. Set a predictable environment and stick to routines
  3. Be there to support them
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Define the difficult/feisty temperament type.

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Tend to be more irritable and harder to please, irregular biological rhythms, intense expressions of emotions

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What strategies would you use to work with difficult/feisty temperament?

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  1. Provide opportunities to make choices
  2. Engage in gross motor to burn excess energy
  3. Help them transition smoothly
  4. Describe their feelings
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What are the 5 R’s of self regulation?

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  1. Reframe
  2. Recognize
  3. Reduce
  4. Reflect
  5. Respond
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Describe the first step of self regulation.

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Reframe
- Pause
- Ask why and why now?
- Be aware of cognitive blinders
- Reevaluate the situation with soft eyes

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Describe the second step of self regulation.

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Recognize
- Look at the 5 domains of stressors and how they are interacting and exacerbating each other

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What are the 5 domains of stressors?

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  1. Biological
  2. Emotional
  3. Cognitive
  4. Pro social
  5. Social
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What is the third step of self regulation?

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Reduce
- Look for what in the environment can be changed or removed to reduce stress

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What is the fourth step of self regulation?

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  • What worked? What didn’t
  • Am I aware of what brought the child back to calm?
  • Am I aware of my own calm?
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What is the fifth step in self regulation?

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  • Develop strategies for self and the child to promote restoration and resilience
30
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What is shark music?

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Children’s feeling that trigger strong emotions. Past experiences that make us feel uncomfortable with and afraid of certain moods.

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What is your shark music?

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When someone or a child is ungrateful or not making use of something, or when I’ve done everything I can to respond to and help someone but they are unhappy and critical. This is based on previous experiences in my life.

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How can you deal with your shark music when working as an ECE?

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I can personally work on resolving my previous negative experiences, focus on what the child needs, and use self regulation strategies of my own so that I can be there to support the child

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