this develops more quickly than any other organ in early childhood.
What is the brain?
100
a type of illness that typically lasts a few days and is NOT life threatening.
What are minor illnesses?
100
play in which children make believe that objects and toys are other than what they are.
What is symbolic play (also pretend play)?
100
a parenting style that includes discussing with children the reasons for decisions and home rules.
What is an authoritative parenting style?
100
social skills including sharing, helping, taking turns and dealing with conflict.
What are things children learn from peers?
200
In comparison to physical development during infancy, the growth rate during early childhood is_________.
What is slower?
200
these are effective combatants to major illnesses.
What are immunizations and antibiotics?
200
the inability for a young child to take the perspective of another. Life is only viewed from the child's own viewpoint.
What is Piaget's concept of egocentrism?
200
the parent's word is law: parents have absolute control.
What is an authoritarian parenting style?
200
this helps children develop motor skills and coordination. It is the young child's WORK. It contributes to social development and helps children learn impulse control.
What is play?
300
Throughout early childhood, girls and boys are not far apart in their motor skills. However girls display slight advantages in ________________.
What are tasks requiring balance and precision of movement?
300
a favored object such as a blanket or a stuffed animal.
What is a transitional object?
300
although academic-type learning may occur, this type of early childhood program focuses on a variety of hands-on activities and play.
What is a child-centered approach to ECE?
300
an easygoing and unconventional approach to parenting, this style gives the majority of control to the child.
What is permissive parenting?
300
behavior intended to benefit another without expectation of reward.
What is prosocial behavior?
400
Running, chasing, wrestling, hitting with open hands and laughing. This type of play helps develop physical and motor skills.
What is rough-and-tumble play?
400
frightening dreamlike experiences that occur during the deepest stage of non-REM sleep.
What are sleep terrors?
400
memory for events in one's life
What is autobiographical memory?
400
by and large, parents are more relaxed and flexible with _________________.
What is younger/later-born children.
400
Observing aggression in the media, biological factors, social learning and physical punishments.
What are possible reasons for aggression in children?