True or False
The most important safety precaution in child care adequate and continuous supervision of children
True
What are the four areas of development?
Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Social Development
Which theorist believed that social contact is essential to intellectual development?
Lev Vygotsky
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Prenatal Development is influenced by:
Maternal Health Before Birth, Prenatal Drug Use, The Birth Process
Cardiopulmonary recitation (CPR) is used when a victim has stopped breathing but has a steady heartbeat
What is Physical Development?
The ways a child's body grows and all what the body can do.
ex. Large Motor Skills, Small Motor Skills, and Balance and Motor Coordination
Which theorist believed that people must first meet basic needs before higher needs?
Abraham Maslow
Development is a ________ process
Lifelong
Children at-risk experiences have interference with their ______ ___________
Proper Development
During the early childhood years, illness, injury, and poor nutrition can interfere with children's normal brain and body development
True
What is Intellectual Development?
How children think, communicate, make decisions, and solve problems.
ex. sensory skills, language, concepts, thinking skills
Which theorist believed that children should be nurtures according to individual temperament needs?
Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas
Boys tend to develop more ______ then girls by as much as __________
slowly; 2 to 6 months
Children at risk have a greater chance of _____________ ______
Developmental Delays
If a child has an accident while at an early childhood center, all staff must do is to tell the parents what happened
What is Emotional Development?
ex. Temperament, Trust and Attachment, Identity and self-esteem, Self-Control
Which theorist believed that a child learns a certain behavior through positive and negative reinforcement
B.F. Skinner
Growth in one area can affect ______ in ______
Growth;Another
what are electrical connections called
synapses
Children's health records may be shared with everyone who works at a child care center
False
What is Social and Ethical Development?
Builds as children learn how to get along with others, play together, and make friends.
ex. Family Relationships and Peer Relationships
Which theorist believed that society affects a child's development?
Urie Bronfrenbrenner
Heredity is set ______ birth and is ___________
before;unchangeable
Name one principle of brain development
sensory experiences, repeated and related experiences, or critical periods