Our friend Jean
attachment and related topics
early physical development
early cognitive development
early social development
Research, research, research
100

A young child has a dog and learns the word "do" for his pet.  When he goes to the zoo he calls every animal "do".  According to Piaget what's he doing?

assimilating

100

Jilly is at the park with her mom and a strange lady approaches to ask her mom a question.  Jilly cries and asks to be picked up.  Jilly has what kind of attachment?

secure

100

This bacteria grows in soil and can therefore never be eradicated, and it causes paralysis and death if you don't get vaccinated and you get a deep cut with this.

tetanus

100

Jeff drew a picture of his dog "Fred" according to Piaget, what basic cognitive ability lets Jeff draw Fred?  What has he developed?

semiotic function

100

Jess loves to build with LEGO blocks.  What kind of play is this?

constructive

100

What was the result of the Barbie study Dr M talked about in class (Dittmar et. al)

Girls exposed to Barbie reported lower body esteem and greater desire for a thinner body shape than girls in the other exposure conditions.

200

A young child has a dog and learns the word "do" for his pet.  When he goes to the zoo he calls every animal "do".  According to a linguist what is he doing ?

overextending (overextension)

200

Jilly is at the park with her mom, Jilly falls down and looks over at her mom, her mom smiles and says, you are fine, and Jilly smiles and goes back to playing.  What did Jilly just do?

social referencing

200

I've been researching the safety of vaccinations and just found and watch the documentary "Vaxxed" with Dr Wakefield.  Obviously, I know more than my children's pediatrician who insists vaccines are safe.  What bias trap have I fallen into?

Dunning Kruger

200

Little Cathy draws a house that appears very flat with no sense of depth at all.  Which system would Hagen say she used?

metric

200

In prenatal development this develops into the "male" reproductive system

he wolffian ducts

200

In the Rheingold and Cook study on gender differences in children's rooms, what surprising thing did little boys have more of in their rooms compared to little girls?  

education-art materials

300

Lyle is so happy with his teddy bear but he drops the bear in a puddle and gets the bear so dirty.  Lyle cries when his mother puts the bear in the washer.  Lyle screams he's going to drown!  What concept is Lyle showing?

animism

300

Jenny is at the store with her mom, Her mom tries to put her down but she clings on and cries.  Her mom fumbles with her purse and drops her keys.  She asks her friend (who Jenny knows) to hold Jenny for a second.  When she takes Jenny back Jenny smacks her mom then hugs her then smacks her again.  What kind of attachment is this?

resistant

300

Berk  offers a positive explanation for why little kids might be picky eaters. What is it?

being picky might be adaptive

300

If you are looking at a drawing of a house and it appears to be representing depth how do you tell that its projective and not affine?

It will have a vanishing point and the lines will not be parallel showing depth.  

300

Jill has advanced developed spatial ability, she can quickly rotate complex geometric forms.  What underlying condition is associated with enhanced spatial ability?

CAH

300

In the study where undergraduate rated toys, which toys came out to be the most developmentally supportive?

neutral and moderately masculine toys

400

Lyle is so happy with his teddy bear but he drops the bear in a puddle and gets the bear so dirty.  Lyle cries when his mother puts the bear in the washer.  Lyle screams he's going to drown!  What stage is Lyle in?

preoperations

400

Little Lenny's older brother John is going to daycare for the first time.  Little John is nevous but when he asks his Dad when he will come back his dad says, "Right after naptime!"  Little John accepts this and goes off to play.  What stage of attachment is this?

formation of reciprocal relationships

400

Bethany is a preschooler and she has developed some new skills, she can play hopscotch, she can throw and catch a ball.  This is likely because her cortex has been able to form connections with what?

her cerebellum

400

Bev draws a picture of her mom and its basically a circle with some squiggles inside of it and some lines below representing arms and legs.  If Piaget looked at this he would likely say Bev's stage of drawing development is?

synthetic incapacity

400

Jax is an adult who is less than five feet tall.  She has trouble reading maps and has to rely on her phone to find her way around new places.  What underlying condition might Jax have?

Turners Syndrome

400

In the study of children's body image using silhouettes (line drawings).  What differences were observed between boys and girls preferences?

Girls ideal body was thinner than the one they selected as their actual body.  Boys were ideals and actual bodies were not different

500

Benny is a cute baby.  He's in his highchair watching his father cook dinner.   Benny has a pile of cheerios and he's throwing the everywhere.  Benny experiments with how hard he throws them and from how high. Benny's dog Fluffy eats all of them!  Bennie laughs with delight! Bennie is in which Piagetian substage?

tertiary circular reactions

500

Spitz discovered an important condition in comparing the babies in foundling home to those being reared by their mothers in prison.  More of the babies in foundling home were not hitting developmental milestones on time.  They were receiving food and medical attention but just were not doing very well. Spitz called this?

Failure to thrive

500

According to your text, handedness reflect what about the brain?

it reflects the greater capacity of one side of the brain, the dominant cerebral hemisphere.

500

Jack drew a picture of his cat showing all four legs on one side, of course Piaget would say this is intellectual realism but what would Hagen call it?

metric

500

In the movie "Inersexion" what thing did the folks that were relatively happy have in common?

family acceptance (no surgery without consent)

500

In the body image and social comparison qualitative study (Tatangelo and Ricciardelli), what alarming differences were found between boys and girls comparisons with roles models?

Girls comparisons with roles models made them feel sad while boys comparisons made them feel inspired.  

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