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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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Kwashiorkor

A

After age 1 when hair thins and face swells with fluid

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Marasmus

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During first year when the tissues waste away

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3
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Sense of touch at birth

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are acute and soothed when stroked

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4
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Hearing at birth

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acute at birth and heartbeat is soothing

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5
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Vision at birth

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legally blind, can focus between 4-30 inches

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6
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Sense of smell at birth

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adaptation, comfort with caregiver’s smell

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7
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Self-righting

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inborn drive to fix something wrong

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8
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Percentiles and what the number indicates

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ranking of 0-100

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9
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Shaken baby syndrome

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ruptures blood vessels and breaks connections

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10
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Pruning

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unused connections die

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11
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Gross motor skills

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Large body movements

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12
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Fine motor skills

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Small body movements

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13
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Visual cliff and what changes over time

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depth perception, won’t climb over from previous experience

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14
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Breast milk

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rich in nutrients and antibodies

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15
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Colostrum

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thick, high-calorie liquid from breasts for 3 days after birth

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16
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Transient exuberance

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expansive brain growth in first 2 years

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17
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Dendrite growth in 0-2 year olds

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increases greatly

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18
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How to place children to sleep

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sleep on their backs

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19
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Brain weight at birth compared to adult brain weight

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At birth, brain is 25% of adult weight

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20
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Impact of cortisol levels

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Stress level, higher levels= more sadness

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21
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Co-sleeping

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parents and infants sleep in the same room

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22
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Factors leading to ability to walk

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muscle strength, brain maturation, practice

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23
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Weight changes in the first 2 years of life

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1/2 of adult weight, 4x heavier than at birth

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24
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Height changes in the first 2 years of life

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1/2 of adult height

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25
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Immunizations

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primes body’s immune system to resist a disease

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26
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Head-sparing

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when malnourished, body growth slows, but not the brain

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27
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Binocular vision

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focus both eyes to see one image

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28
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Goals of sensorimotor stage 1

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reflexes (sucking, grasping)

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29
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Goals of sensorimotor stage 2

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first acquired accommodations (such nipple vs bottle)

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30
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Goals of sensorimotor stage 3

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make interesting things last (claps hands when say “patty cake”)

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31
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Goals of sensorimotor stage 4

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make purposeful responses to people to create interesting things (put moms hands together to play “patty cake”)

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32
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Word development at 13-18 months

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slow growth of 50 words

33
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Long-term memory

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middle of 2nd year, can recreate complex sequences

34
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Habituation

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get used to repeated stimulus

35
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New research concerning Piaget’s theory

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object permanence can start at 4.5 months (vs 8)

36
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Grammar development

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noticeable at 21 months with 2 word sentences

37
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Sensation

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ability to detect a stimulus

38
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Cognition

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thinking about what was perceived (can imagine, fantasize, hypothesize)

39
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Perception

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understanding a stimulus

40
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Affordances

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Opportunity to interact via their environment

41
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Holophrase

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single word that expresses a single thought

42
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Babbling

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“mamamama” between 6-9 months

43
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Object permanence

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knowing that objects exist when not seen

44
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The A-not-B error

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look for object under 1st blanket (wrong)

45
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When does social learning occur

A

throughout life

46
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Child-directed speech

A

motherese

47
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Order of language development

A 
reflexes
noises
babbling
1st words
naming explosion
2 word sentence
48
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Mary Ainsworth

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described mom-infant relationships in Africa 60 years ago. Made patterns of infant attachment (type A,B,C,and D)

49
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Strange situation

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measures attachment by looking at infants reactions to mom/stranger coming-going in

50
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Attachment

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“an affectional tie” binds and endures over time

51
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Secure attachment type

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(Type B) infant feels comfortable/confident

52
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Insecure-resistant/ambivalent

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(Type C) cling to mom/angry when she left

53
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Insecure-avoidant

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(Type A) avoids connection with mom

54
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Disorganized

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(Type D) inconsistent reactions

55
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Proximal parenting

A

being physically close to baby

56
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Distal parenting

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distant from baby (toys, food, face-to-face)

57
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Proximity-seeking behaviors

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more obedient, less likely to recognize themselves

58
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Freud and how “fixation” works

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If not developed, later can become fixated

59
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Oral stage and time-period in which it occurs

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0-1 years, pleasure with mouth

60
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Anal stage and the time-period in which it occurs

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1-3 years, pleasure with pooping

61
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When will certain emotions emerge

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newborn- :) xo
3-4 months- :o? XD
4-8 months- >:0
6-18 months- 0o0
18+ months- ^-^ v_v
62
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Causes of infant anger

A

frustration, prevented from grabbing (elevated cortisol)

63
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The importance of social awareness in emotional development

A

family interactions that bring pride, shame, jealousy, disgust, and guilt

64
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Social smile

A

6 weeks

65
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Stranger anxiety/wariness

A

fear of unfamiliar people

66
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When stranger anxiety/wariness emerges

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9-14 months

67
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Synchrony

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mutual exchange with split-second timing

68
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Self-awareness and when it develops

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“I am a separate person with my own body and emotions” (Age 1)

69
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Separation anxiety

A

distress when mom leaves (9-14 months)

70
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Temperament

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Inborn differences with emotion, activity, measured by typical responses to environment

71
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Easy temperament

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(40% of children) laughter

72
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Difficult temperament

A

(10% of children) cry

73
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Slow-to-warm-up temperament

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(15% of children) quiet

74
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Hard-to-classify temperament

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(35% of children) combo of above

75
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Social referencing

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looking at how to react to an unfamiliar environment by looking at someone else’s reaction

76
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High quality day-care characteristics

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1) attention to each infant
2) language
3) safety
4) professional caregivers
5) warm and responsive

77
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Trust vs mistrust

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Erik Erikson, “can the world be trusted to satisfy basic needs?”

78
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Autonomy vs shame and doubt

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succeed or fail in gaining self-rule over their actions/bodies

Child Psychology (9 decks)

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