Cognitive Development
Physical Development
Social Development
Language Development
100

Define cognition. 

Refers to the process of knowing and encompasses such phenomena as sensation, perception, imagery, recall… and thinking

100

In which developmental period do children normally start walking?

Infancy

100

Define emotions

physiological changes, subjective changes, and expressive behaviors that are involved in feelings such as love, joy, grief, anger and many others

100

Which method of communication is most commonly understood by infants?

body language 55%

200

Identify two characteristics of learning 

○ There must be some change in behavior 

○ This change must be relatively stable 

○ The change must result from experience

200

Identify three gross motor development skills

Walking, running, jumping, skipping...

200

List four of the six basic emotions

Anger, Happiness, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, Surprise 

200

What do you call language that is very simplified and highly redundant?

motherese 

300

With the use of an example, what is the difference between metacognition and metamemory?

 Metacognition refers to awareness of one's thoughts or mental processes whereas metamemory is the ability to recognize thought processes related to personal memory retention.

300

Identify three activities that can be done after fine motor skills development has occurred 

Writing, drawing, buttoning, brushing teeth, eating with utensils, zipping tying shoe laces, scissor cutting...

300

Identify at least two important functions of emotions 

Emotions help humans survive and adapt to their environment 2. Emotions serve to guide and motivate human behavior 3. Emotions support communication with others

300

Who believes that children rely on interactions with others to learn and that their social and cultural environment are important influences? 

Lev Vygotsky 

400

Describe the process in which information, such a phone number becomes stored into long term memory

Enters sensory register and is deposited into short term memory, with rehearsal or categorization as a recall technique it becomes stored into long term memory

400

With the use of an example, why is it important for children to visit and ENT or have regular check ups during early childhood?

Cognitive or Congenital Disorders

Deafness, Autism, mental retardation...

400

What is social referencing? 

The practice whereby an inexperienced person relies on a more experienced person’s interpretation of an event to regulate his/her subsequent behavior Ex. looking at parents when confronted with new or unusual events

400

Give an example of telegraphic speech that is characteristic of infants.  

see doggy there! Two or three word sentence combinations 

500

Idenitfy and define four different types of memory

Working Memory, Short term memory, long term memory, procedural memory, episodic memory...
500

Identify three different categories of development  that occur during early childhood 

Brain Development

Motor Development

Weight. Height 

500

Describe the play behavior of an infant who has not experienced consistent parent-infant reaction

When given toys to play with, they appear withdrawn, cautious, or even disinterested. Thier focus remains on the care provider or their external environment

500

What are the two broad categories of language acquisition theories? 

nativist and Interactionist 

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