Ways of Discovery
This famous debate asks how much development is influenced by heredity verus experiences and environment.
What is nature vs. nurture?
This theorist believed children actively construct knowledge as they interact with their world.
Who is Jean Piaget?
Alcohol is an example of this type to environmental substance or exposure that can negatively affect prenatal development.
What is a teratogen?
An infant picks up a tiny piece of cereal using the thumb and forefinger. This demonstrates this type of motor skill.
What is a fine motor skill?
A preschooler believes a tall, thin glass contains more juice that a short, wide glass even though the amounts are equal. The child has not yet mastered this concept.
What is conservation?
Physical, cognitive, and socioemotional are the three major areas commonly used to organize the study of child development.
What are the domains of development?
This theorist is associated with positive reinforcement and changing behavior through its consequences.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
This term describes a condition that it present at birth, although its cause may be genetic or environmental.
What is a congenial disorder?
An infant searches under a blanket for a toy that has disappeared from view. Piaget would say the infant is demonstrating this concept.
What is object permanence?
These early-appearing patterns influence how intensely and quickly a child responds emotionally to people and situations.
What is temperament?
Memory, thinking, problem solving, and learning are associated primarily with this developmental domain.
What is cognitive development?
This theorist emphasized learning through observing and modeling their behavior of others.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This nutrient-and antibody-rich substance is the first milk produced after birth.
What is colostrum?
An infant repeatedly drops a toy from the high chair and watches what happens. This infant is beginning to understand this cognitive relationship.
What is cause and effect.
Two preschoolers sit beside one another playing with similar toys but don't organize or coordinate their activity.
What is paralell play?
Developing friendships, expressing emotions, and learning to interact with others are primarily part of this developmental domain.
What is socioemotional development?
This theorist proposed a series of psychosocial stages that includes challenges involving trust, autonomy, and initiative.
Who is Erik Erikson?
Shortly after birth, health professionals use this assessment to quickly evaluate a newborn's physical condition.
What is the Apgar score?
A toddler can follow the direction, "Go get your shoes" even though the child does not say many words. This demonstrates this type of language ability.
What is receptive language?
Managing emotions, attention, and behavior are all part of developing this important early childhood ability.
What is self-regulation?
Abuse, neglect, violence, family member substance abuse, exposure to smoking, and poverty are referred to this.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
A child cannot complete a challenging puzzle. The teacher provides just enough assistance for the child to succeed and gradually removes the help. Name the theorist and at least one concept illustrated in this example.
Name two factors that can influence prenatal development.
What are genetics, nutrition, health, age, prenatal care, or teratogen exposure.
Neuron communcation pathways are know as this.
What are synapses?
A young child shows little hesitation about approaching unfamiliar adults in an unusually familiar way with strangers. Name the disorder associated with this pattern?
What is Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder?