Test 5 Vocab Flashcards
Growth
An increase in physical size or quantitative change
Developmental milestones
Major markers of normal development
Development
Increase in skill or ability to function
Maturation
Reaching adulthood or appropriate development
Temperament
A child’s innate pattern of behavior including adaptability, withdraw or approach, activity level, and rhythms
Developmental task
A skill or growth responsibility arising at a particular time that if achieved will provide a foundation for a future task
Trust V Mistrust
Infants viewing the world as safe and comfortable or suspicious and rejecting
Autonomy V Shame/Doubt
A child takes hold of decisions and decision making or has little decision making ability and confidence
Initiative V Guilt
Starting activities independently or not being confident in their choices
Industry V Inferiority
Learning to independently do things well or not having confidence in completed or attempted tasks
Identity V Role Confusion
Integrating different roles into one being or struggling to identify themselves and who they are
Intimacy V Isolation
Ability to relate and accept others or being emotionally alone
Generativity V Stagnation
Developing self-confidence, the ability to handle numerous roles, and awareness for the needs of others. Or to be self absorbed and only fulfilling few roles
Integrity V Dispair
Reflecting positively on life or wanting to be able to redo or change the last
Cognitive development
Learning through thinking and reason
Sensorimotor stage
Using senses and movement to learn practically
Birth-2
Permanence
Awareness that objects exist out of site
Schemas
The organization of thought
Centering
Focusing on only one aspect of an object
Conservation
Change in form does not mean change in amount
Reversibility
Ability to retrace steps
Role fantasy
Changing reality to fit how the child would like for things to be
Assimilation
Taking in information and fitting it with existing ideas
Accommodation
The change of ideas to fit reality
Egocentrism
Personal need L&D supersede others needs
Abstract thought
Allows problem solving, critical thinking, and the development of hypotheses
Extrusion reflex
Tongue reflex expelling food out of the mouth. Stops at 4 months
Natal teeth
Teeth present at birth
Neonatal teeth
Teeth present in the first 4 weeks
Deciduous teeth
Teeth until 6-7. Protect the dental arch
Neck-righting reflex
Turning the shoulders, trunk, and pelvis in the same direction the head is turned. Begins at 4 months