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Test 4 Flashcards

1
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Diagnostic criteria of ADHD

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Inattentive, unusually active, impulsive

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2
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Thoughts about ADHD medication

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Over-medication may occur

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Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Delayed language,no desire to interact with others, cant understand emotions

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4
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Specific learning disorder

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learning disability

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5
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Dyslexia

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Difficulty with reading

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6
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Dyscalculia

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Unusual difficulty with math

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7
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Why is there difficulty in diagnosing childhood disorders?

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May be comorbid (diagnosed with something else)

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8
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Reaction time

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Time is takes to respond to a stimulus

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9
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Education of all handicapped children act

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1975, included least restrictive learning environment

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10
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IEP

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Documents ed goals and plans for special needs kids

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11
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Inclusion

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Special needs kids in regular class with aids

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12
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BMI

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Body mass index (lowest in 5-6 year olds)

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13
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Obese percentile

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over 95th percentile

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14
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Overweight percentile

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over 85th percentile

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15
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Asthma rates since 1980

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3rd leading cause of hospitalization

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16
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How reading is different than talking

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Brain has no area dedicated to reading.

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17
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Selective attention

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Concentrate on something and ignore others

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18
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Automatization

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Repetition makes it routine, not requires thought (reading)

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19
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Metacognition

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Thinking about thinking, understanding how to learn

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20
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Impact of early exposure to words

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Greater school achievement

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21
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Memory according to the information-processing approach

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Input, store, output

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22
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Pragmatics of language

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Formal talk with teachers vs informal with friends

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23
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Knowledge base

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Broad body of knowledge makes it easier for kids to learn related information

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24
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Formal code

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Academic context

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25
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Informal code

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Friend context

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26
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Seriation

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Things can be arranged in logical series (number and alphabet)

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27
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Classification

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Things can be categorized into groups

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28
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Hidden curriculum

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Unofficial rules in school

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29
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Piaget’s thought on what children gain during middle childhood

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Logic

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30
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Flynn effect

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IQ has raised in many nations

31
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Immersion

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Teach child only in new language

32
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Concrete operational stage of cognitive development

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Reasons and uses logic

33
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No child left behind act of 2001

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Mandated annual standardized achievement tests for public schools

34
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Lawrence Kohlberg- Prime time for moral development

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Middle childhood (6-11)

35
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Lawrence Kohlberg- Impacts on a child’s moral development

36
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Lawrence Kohlberg- Advances to a person’s morality

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Intellectual maturation

37
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Preconventional stage of moral development and example

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Emphasized rewards and punishments

EX/ cookie and no TV

38
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Conventional stage of moral development

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Monkey see monkey do

39
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Post-conventional stage of moral development and example

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questions “what is”, and decides “what should be”

EX/ morals

40
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Adult morality vs. child culture

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Children protect friends, don’t talk to adults, an conform to peer standards

41
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How empathy impacts moral development

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Low empathy=bullying

42
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Bullying

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Repeated efforts to inflict harm on a person

43
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Types of bullying

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Physical, verbal, relational, cyberbullying

44
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Consequences of bullying

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Isolated, depressed, friendless, mental illness

45
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Differences in boy and girl bullies

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Boy (physical), girls (verbal and relational)

46
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Withdrawn-rejected child

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Rejected by peers because timid and withdrawn

47
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Aggressive-rejected child

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Rejected by peers because of aggression

48
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Bully-victim

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Bullies who were once victims

49
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Popular children

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Friendly and cooperative, dominant and aggressive

50
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School approach to bullying

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School needs to change as a whole

51
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What will a child bully become as an adult?

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Die young, jailed, destructive marriages

52
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Effects of high self-esteem on effortful control and academic achievement

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High self esteem reduces effortful control

53
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What impacts self-esteem at this age?

54
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Impacts of children’s coping with adversity

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Many suffer, some come out stronger

55
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Self-concept

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Their idea about themselves

56
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Nuclear family

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Mom, dad, and children under 18

57
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Blended family

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Couple with their kids from past relationships

58
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Extended family

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3+ generations in 1 household

59
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Family structure

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Legal and genetic relationships

60
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Functions of a family

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How a family works to meet their members’ needs

61
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Which family function is especially crucial in middle childhood?

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Safety and stability

62
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Impacts of low income and high conflict

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Interfere with family function

63
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Family-stress model

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Economic hardship makes parents harsh with children

64
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Resilience

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Adapt well to stress and change

65
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Freud’s stage during 6-11

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Latency (neglected by Freud)

66
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Executive function

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Can organize thoughts. Anticipate and plan behavior

67
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Child culture

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Rules children pass down from older to younger kids

68
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Hallmark of close friendships at this age

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Children learn faster and are happier

69
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Factors that determine a child is liked by peers

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Friendly and cooperative, dominant and aggressive

70
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Parentification

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Child feels they need to take care of parents/siblings

71
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Impact of accumulated stresses

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Increased pathology and decreased academic achievement

72
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Effortful control

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Regulate emotions through effort

73
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Social comparison

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Comparing yourself to your peers

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