Unit 6

Question 1

What is the general philosophical trend with stimulation and deprivation been

Answer 1

Stimulation = good
Deprivation = bad

Question 2

What are the effects of early stimulation? Parents/experts

Answer 2

Parents - is valuable

Scientists - is valuable but can cause difficulties in reading later

Question 3

Who was Doman, what did he say about children

Answer 3

Better Baby Institute - infants are like sponges waiting to be filled

Mentioned that you have to go through every rudimentary and voluntary movement in order to be successful later on = hemispheric dominance

Question 4

Who was Elkind, what did he say

Answer 4

Too much, too soon can super-saturate/overdo

Question 5

What do baby boomers want to raise

Answer 5

smartest kid in america

Question 6

The AAP thinks that programs for infants should not be

Answer 6

promoted as therapeutically beneficial for infants

Question 7

Parents are recommended to provide what for their infant

Answer 7

Structured play environment

Question 8

What did the AAP state about infant/toddler aquatic programs

2

Answer 8

DO NOT decrease the risk of drowning

They are not ready for swimming lessons until they are 4

Question 9

What is hyponatremia

Answer 9

Water intoxication

Question 10

What causes hyponatremia (2)

Answer 10

Ingesting too much water

Happens where forced submersion occurs

Question 11

What disease is the main potential problem of infant swim programs

Answer 11

Giardia

Question 12

What is giardia

What does it cause

Answer 12

Parasitic condition that develops due to cyst growth in the digestive tract

Diarrhea

Question 13

Common guidelines for swim programs

Answer 13

1. No formal swim lessons before 4
2. Avoid total submersion
3. Provide measures for avoiding contamination in pool
4. Do not push children into water
5. Limit exposure - babies get cold quick

Question 14

Who studied Johnny and Jimmy

Answer 14

Myrtle McGraw

Question 15

What was weird about the study of Johnny and Jimmy (3)

Answer 15

Unusual timelines
Unusual tasks
Unusual approach

Question 16

How long were Johnny and Jimmy observed for

Answer 16

22 months

Question 17

What happened during the Tricycling task

Answer 17

Johnny started at 11 months, took 8 months before successful

Jimmy started at 22 months, learned it quickly

More mature when started

Question 18

What happened during the roller skating task

Why?

Answer 18

Johnny started and became skillful before 12 months

Jimmy started at 22 months, never became skilled

Johnny smaller - better center of gravity

Question 19

What happened during swimming

Answer 19

Johnny given more experience than Jimmy

Johnny was more skillful

After many years they retested and Johnny was still better

Question 20

What did McGraw conclude about the factors effecting early motor development (5)

Answer 20

1. Readiness (tricycling)
2. Practice
3. Attitude
4. Growth (roller skating)
5. Level of fixity (swimming)

Question 21

What did Dennis conclude about the Hopi indian study

Answer 21

Walking is genetic

Question 22

What is deprivation dwardfism

Answer 22

A negative influence on human growth created by serious deprivation

Question 23

What is the growth hormone released by the hypothalamus

Answer 23

Somatotropin

Question 24

What is affected when growth is affected

Answer 24

Motor development

Question 25

Who is deprivation dwardfism common in

Answer 25

Infants who are hospitalised for extended periods

Question 26

What happens to the symptoms when the infants are returned to a more stimulating environment

Answer 26

They disappear

Question 27

What is the case of extreme isolation (1946)

What signs were shown in the infant

What happened at 10 and after

Answer 27

Anna severely deprived due to isolation

Left in attic until 6

Showed signs of minimal intelligence - could not walk, talk and was malnourished

At 10, she was able to walk and run clumsily, could not talk properly

Died at 11

Question 28

What is the Young Savage of Abeyron

Answer 28

Victor found in woods at 11

Could not talk, rodent like, intellectually delayed

Showed little improvement intellectually

Died at 40 despite remediation

Question 29

What is a critical period

What happens if stimulation during this period

Answer 29

A time of particular or maximum sensitivity to environment

associated behaviour likely to occur

Question 30

What is readiness

Answer 30

The establishment of the minimum characteristics necessary for a particular human behaviour to be acquired

Question 31

What are the determinate for readiness

Answer 31

Physical growth
Neural development
Motivation

Question 32

What is Catch-up

Answer 32

The human power to stabilise and return to predetermined behaviour or growth pattern after been deprived