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What does differentiation mean
What is the tendency for behavior to become more specific and distinct as the child matures
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What is cognitive development
What is the construction of the thought processes 1. remembering 2. problem solving 3. decision-making
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what is attachment
What is an emotional bond between one animal or person and another and it is essential to the survival of the infant
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what is social referencing and how does it function in infancy?
What is observing others to see how they react to a situation which helps us decide how to act
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what is canalization
What is a child's ability to catch up once they have fallen behind
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difference between cephalocaudal and proximodistal
what is cephalocaudal is head to tail and proximodistal is from the center out
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what is assimilation
What is trying to categorize the world into organized concepts
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difference between secure and insecure attachment
What is secure is infant is somewhat upset when parent leaves and happy when they return and insecure is infant may exhibit either an avoidant indifferent/ resistant attachment pattern
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3 types of temperament identified by Thomas and Chess (1989)
What is easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm
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what is the visual cliff
What is tool that has been used to study depth perception
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2 of the 5 problems associated with breastfeeding
What is 1. less involvement of the other parent in feeding 2. difficulties in returning to work 3. need for better nourishment of the mother 4. transmission of hazards 5. makes the mother more responsible for the most important part of care
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how do secondary and tertiary circular reactions differ
What is secondary are goal-directed behaviors, learned that certain behaviors cause events and tertiary is taking knowledge of the cause-and-effect relationship and apply it
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3 forms of child neglect
What is physical neglect, educational neglect, and emotional neglect
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3 stages of attachment
What is 1. initial- preattachment 2. attachment- in- the- making 3. clear-cut attachment
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what is a circular reaction
What is something an infant does over and over again to get a reaction
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What are 3 of the 7 benefits associated with breastfeeding
What are 1. less likely to upset an infants stomach and provides adequate nutrition for the first 6 months 2. composition changes to meet infants changing needs 3. antibodies in breast milk helps the infant ward off a variety of health problems 4. reduce the risk of childhood lymphoma 5. less likely to develop allergies and obesity 6. reduced risk of early onset breast and ovarian cancer for the mother 7. women tend to have stronger bones
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3 of the 8 ways to enhance infants' and children's language development
What are 1. respond positively to sounds 2. simplified sounds 3. provide feedback 4. join the child in paying attention 5. gesture 6. describe aspects of the environment occupying infants' current focus of attention 7. read to the child 8. talk to the child a great deal
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3 of 7 main factors associated with parents abusing children
What is 1. parent were victims of childhood abuse 2. lack of knowledge on how to deal with and raise a child 3. unrealistic expectations 4. substance abuse 5. stress 6. children who can be difficult to soothe 7. children who are irritable and unresponsive
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how is goodness of fit important in determining the outcome of a child's temperament
What is child's environment accommodates his or her temperament
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what is avoidant insecure attachment
What is infant showing little or no distress when the mother leaves
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Difference between axon, dendrites, and myelin
What is the axon is what sends the message, the dendrite is what receives the messages, and the myelin is the fatty substance that wraps around the neurons insulating them and increasing the efficiency of the communication of the messages
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What is the warning with overcorrection when a child is learning a language
What is overcorrection may actually stifle, rather than encourage
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what are 2 of the 4 positive effects of daycare
What is 1. most infants are generally securely attached 2. more prosocial 3. better academic performance 4. get scores that rival children reared at home
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how does and infant develop a self concept
What is eventually realizes hand belongs to them, detect a spot on their face in the mirror
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what is an example of social referencing
What is infant will judge expression on mothers face