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Physical Development
Social-Emotional Development
Cognitive Development
100
Surprisingly, this syndrome is often treated with the use of psychostimulant medication
What is ADD/ADHD?
100
Also known as PBS, this is a tiered system the provides varying degrees of preventive measures, supports, and interventions at to increase positive behavior by children in school
What is POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT?
100
Tying a knot, cutting with scissors and tracing a shape are examples of this type of MOTOR SKILL (not movement)
What are FINE or SMALL MOTOR SKILLS?
100
According to Erikson, school-age children are in this stage of social development
What is INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY?
100
During the preoperational stage, children tend to develop this way of thinking that limits their ability to understand other people’s perspectives
What is EGOCENTRISM or EGOCENTRIC THINKING?
200
The distance between what a child can do with assistance and what they can complete without assistance
What is the ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT?
200
The preoperational child’s difficulty in retracing one’s steps or completing mental processes backwards
What is IRREVERSIBILITY?
200
The type of movement that gets you from one place to another (e.g., crawling)
What is LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT?
200
According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, humans cannot reach higher levels of self-esteem, thinking ability, or develop an appreciation of beauty (aesthetics) until these MOST BASIC needs are met (A name, not a description, is required.)
What are BIOLOGICAL or PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS?
200
During the Concrete Operational Stage, students develop this ability to understand quantity or amounts do not necessarily change, even when their physical make-up is changed
What is CONSERVATION?
300
One’s background knowledge or current knowledge base
What is SCHEMA?
300
He presented moral dilemmas (most famously the Heinz Case) to children and adults to identify his theory of moral development
Who is KOHLBERG?
300
Growth that occurs from head to toe or top to bottom
What is CEPHALOCAUDAL GROWTH?
300
According to Piaget, most school-age children are in this stage of moral development
What is MORAL REALISM?
300
This theorist emphasized the importance of language, social interactions, and culture in a child’s cognitive development
Who is VYGOTSKY?
400
Vygotsky said that to better understand what they are learning, children will often do this, whereby they verbalize their ideas out loud to themselves
What is SELF-DIRECTED SPEECH?
400
When a child’s mind modifies or changes what it knows about something, in order for learning to occur
What is ACCOMMODATION?
400
If growth is slowed for a particular reason, such as malnutrition or illness, the body will try to catch up when it is able to do so. This is called…
What is OPTIMAL TENDENCY IN GROWTH?
400
Although most children seek out autonomy (independence) at a young age (autonomy v. shame and doubt, toddlers), they tend to remain this way, “governed by others” in terms of rules and rule-making
What is HETERONOMOUS?
400
In the Information Processing Theory, the ability to process information quickly and without much thought or effort (e.g., knowing 2+2 = 4 or being able to tie your shoes without thinking about the various steps
What is AUTOMATICITY?
500
One of the most commonly used IQ tests
What is the STANFORD-BINET or the WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WISC)?
500
A child’s inability to see causality (cause-effect relationships)
What is TRANSDUCTIVE REASONING?
500
The critical or sensitive period for MOTOR DEVELOPMENT (answer may be given in months or years)
What is 1-5 years or 18-60 months?
500
This theorist argues against the use of conditional positive regard (whereby a child is supported emotionally and nurtured only when he achieves or does something positive)
Who is ROGERS?
500
The ability to think about thinking or the thought process
What is METACOGNITION or METAMEMORY?
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