Semester Test Flashcards
Are stages of development the same for all children all around the world
Similar everywhere in the world
How can a family teach children trust and honesty
By example through the activities you do
How can not getting good nutrition have a negative effect on a baby’s physical growth and development
Bone strength, brain development, and height can be lower or delayed compared to other peers
How can getting good nutrition have a positive effect on a baby or child
Improve physical and intellectual development
What can parents do to help their child establish the greatest number of neural pathways
Stimulating environment
Why does an infant have positive feelings toward her parents
Because a parent meets her physical needs
What are ways to encourage math readiness
Teach it at home, pointing out the math situations in everyday experiences
What is a child’s sense of self based on
Emotions, personality, how she perceives the world
Do states require immunizations before going to school
Most do
What do young children engage in that teaches them the most
Play
Does childhood have the biggest impact on the rest of a persons life
YES! it is the foundation for the rest of life
Why is it important for a parent to set limits for a child
Help the child develop self control, so they understand the expectations, so the child knows what acceptable behavior is
Why should you only give sample directions to a child
They will only remember the last directive
What is true cocerning SIDS
The exact cause is unknown, living with someone who smokes increases the chances of it, premature babies are at greater risk, put your baby on his back to sleep
What are ways to help reduce stranger anxiety in child
Holding child or staying with them while being next to new person
Will a baby’s temperament traits be the same throughout their childhood and teenage years?
Yes most likely
What can parents do to help teach their baby to speak
Use simple words and speak clearly, talk, talk, talk! Narrate your life
Define developmentally appropriate
Toys and activities that is suitable for a child at a specific age
What are important factors for determining a child’s emotional development
Experiences and temperament
By providing a child with guidance what are things a parent is teaching their child
Self discipline
How does reading to a child help them learn to read
Accomplishment, how to handle books, association with written and spoken words
By pointing out things we see in everyday life we are doing what
Guiding learning
How many hours of sleep does a 5yr old need
10-12 hours
What does emotional development for a 4-6 yr old
Independence is key
How can creating artwork help a 4-6 yr old
Develop motor skills, encourage creativity, express their feelings
What are sternbergs three types of intelligence
Analytic intelligence (determined by traditional intellectual tests), creative intelligence, and practical intelligence (common sense, or street smarts)
Define regression
When a child reverts back to a bad habit when faced with trauma or a new situation
Who are mandatory reporters
Social workers, classroom teachers, doctors
What is a job specific skill
Skills people need for specific jobs (Doctor is to medicine, dancer is to dancing)
Define failure to thrive
When babies fail to grow and develop normally
Define conscience
Inner sense of right and wrong
Define head start program
The government-funded program that provides child care facilities for lower-income and disadvantaged children
What is a typical height gain for a child between 4-6 years
2.5-3in
What is a typical weight gain for children between 4 and 6 yrs
4-5lbs
What are ways for parents to help children transition to kindergarten
Earlier bedtime, play date w future classmates, meet the teacher night, share good memories of school, buy school supplies/clothes with the child
Explain the new teeth children first get between 4 and 6 yrs
6 yr molars
What are ways to help children who are having toileting accidents
Withhold liquids, make sure they go before leaving house, take extra clothes, don’t ridicule
Define group identification
Wanting to be like the people who are your peers– wearing Birks, long basketball shorts/socks
Define alliteration
Repeating sounds, velociraptors are very verocious
Define articulation
Speaking clearly
Define phoneme
The smallest sound in a work– “I need a fib”, really means “bib”
Define cooperative play
Interacting with other children during play
Define parallel play
Playing next to but not with another child
Describe piagets stages of learning
Sensorimotor– learning through senses, preoperational– egocentrism, concrete operations– can do math with manipulatives, formal operations– abstract thinking
