Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Socioemotional Development
Terms and Other Concepts
Theoretical Frameworks
100
The type of directionality in which a child's head matures faster than his/hers arms and legs.
What is cephalocaudal growth pattern
100
The specialization of the left and right hemispheres of the brain is called...
What is lateralization?
100
When a child pretends to be driving her playpen the way her parents drive a car, this is an example of...
What is symbolic play
100
Developmental milestones such as when a child takes his/her first steps or begins to crawl is expressed in terms of...
What is/are norms.
100
During Piaget's preoperational period of cognitive development, children learn to engage in...
What is symbolic representation; learning through symbols; representing their world with symbols.
200
When a child's stress level rises, which hormone in their body is on the rise?
What is cortisol?
200
When a part or parts of a child's brain undergoes rapid development we state the child is in a _______ period for the activities associated with those structures.
What is a sensitive period.
200
A child has never seen a dog before and doesn't know how to respond. However, when the child sees his mother and father reacting positively to the dog by smiling it makes the child smile. The child's reaction is an example of...
What is social referencing?
200
The degree to which a test measures what it's supposed to measure is called...
What is validity
200
According to Erikson, when parents correct their child or try to protect their child's feeling by restraining activities, the child will generate feelings of ....
What is guilt.
300
When a mother touches the right side of a baby's face, and the baby turns his head to face that direction this is a an example of which reflex?
What is the rooting reflex.
300
The part of the brain that deals with memory and attention.
What is the cortex.
300
The leading cause of death among preschool children in the U.S. is...
What are accidental injuries.
300
The inability for a child to see the world from another person's perspective is called?
What is egocentrism.
300
While doing the Strange Situation a child doesn't notice when her mothers leaves. When her mother comes back she doesn't interact with her mother. Which type of parenting style would this reflect?
What is insecure-avoidant attachment
400
Small movements of the hands and fingers are... Large muscle movements are...
What are fine motor skills; what are gross motor skills
400
The part of the brain that manages emotions.
What is the limbic system.
400
The most common cause of death between the ages of 1 and 4 years old is...
What is drowning.
400
Which type of play includes manipulating objects to learn about them?
What is exploratory play
400
When an adult pours the same amount of juice into a tall glass and a short glass, and the child believes that the tall glass has more juice, Piaget believes the child has not yet mastered the concept of:
What is conservation.
500
The type of directionality that states a child grows from the center of body (from the torso), and then outwards to the arms and the legs.
What is proximodistal
500
The idea that the brain's neural pathways can be strengthened or weakened by experience is called?
What is plasticity
500
1. The type of parenting style that would include a parent that says, "Do what you are told or else"? 2. The type of parenting style that includes a parent who listens to a child's feelings and respects his/her her feelings, but yet still sets rules and guidelines? 3. The type of parenting style that includes a parent who often ignores their child and what their child is doing. This parent also does not set rules or guidelines for their children.
1. Authoritarian 2. Authoritative 3. Disengaged
500
The production of vocal sounds is called...
What is phonology.
500
1. Which type of temperament is associated with a child that is difficult to calm down? 2. Which type of temperament is associated with a child that is generally a happy baby that enjoys new things.
1. Difficult 2. Easy
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