Biological Development
This neurological process greatly increases the functioning of the cerebellum, reticular formation and hippocampus.
myelination
Early childhood is a period where one's ability to take the perspective of another is limited. This is called _____.
egocentrism
_____ _____ is key as prosocial behaviors develop in the preschool years.
Emotional regulation
This cognitive advancement involves the ability to order things in terms of size or sequence.
seriation
Erikson calls middle childhood's developmental crisis _____ vs _____.
industry, inferiority
Most children do not remember much below the age of 4 or 5. This is called _____ _____.
infantile amnesia
Piaget refers to early childhood as the _____ stage of cognitive development.
preoperational
Erik Erikson refers to early childhood as the psychosocial stage of ____ vs _____.
initiative, guilt
Advancements in working memory facilitate strategizing ways to remember important information. These strategies are called _____.
mnemonics
In middle childhood we often judge ourselves by how we view our peers. This process is called _____ _____.
social comparison
The rates of this health issue have tripled in recent decades largely related to increased diets of fast food and lower physical activity.
childhood obesity
Conservation errors are common during early childhood. These errors occur because of irreversibility and _____.
centration
Parenting styles high in _____ and _____ seem to have the best results.
demandingness, responsiveness
The ability to learn from experience and adapt is the definition of _____.
intelligence
The four categories of social status are _____, _____, _____, and _____.
popular, rejected, neglected, controversial
In middle childhood increased _____capacity improves our athleticism.
lung
_____ _____ _____ have been seen increases in IQ scores of 15 points, a full standard deviation increase.
Early Intervention Programs
In terms of gender development in early childhood, there appears to be a clear awareness of gender identity as well as gender _____.
constancy
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence includes 9 different types. Sternberg's is similar but involves 3 types of intelligence and they are _____, _____, and _____.
analytical, practical, creative
How a person views themselves is referred to as _____.
self-concept
Both _____ and _____ _____ increase in middle childhood. This makes middle childhood a time where many children join a sport.
agility. reaction time
_____ skills make it possible to consider that something can belong to more than one group at a time. Preschoolers have limited abilities in this area of cognitive functioning.
Classification
There are 4 types of aggression which we start to see evidenced in early childhood. They are _____, _____, and _____.
instrumental, hostile, relational
The ability to solve cognitive problems and make adjustments in strategies as needed involves what neurological function?
executive
Compared to other periods of development middle childhood is considered a period of emotional _____.
stability/wellbeing