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psyc2020.tric

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age 2 hgth & weight   36 in. tall (half adult height) 25-30 lbs.  
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who grows taller?   inUS, below poverty level unusually short  
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6 yrs - proportions   similar to adults  
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eustachian tube moves   begins from parallel to ground to more angular position - causes earaches  
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obesity   body weight 20% more than average person height & weight  
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Iron-deficiency anemia   causes fatigue  
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how many colds-age 3-5?   7-10 colds/respiratory  
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illness is good because   build up immunity  
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greatest risk to preschoolers   injury -  
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inner city children die from injuries   2x more than affluence  
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burns, drownings   auto accidents  
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lead poisoning   most hazard to children under 6 - Health & human services  
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lead   lower intelligence, problems in verbal & auditory processing, hyperactivity-agression & delinquency  
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brain p. 216 @ 2 yrs. three-quarters size of adult   At 5, brain is 90% of averagde adult brain  
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corpus callosum by end of preschool period   bundle of nerve fibers connecting two hemispheres of brain  
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lateralization   process in which certain cognitive functions are located more in one side of brain than the other  
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left-handed hemisphere   10% of people are lefties-language centered in right hemisphere or no specific center  
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p 216 left hemisphere   sequentially, one piece at a time-speaking, reading , reasoning  
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right hemisphere   nonverbal areas-music-patterns-emotional expression  
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p 217boys show more lateralization of language   in the left hemisphere  
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217-girls have equal distribution   of language throughout hemispheres  
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217-autism-male disease   "extreme male brain" Simon Baron-Cohen-systematically sorts out world  
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217-genetic difference between males & females   yes, structural differences exist  
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brain electrical activity 1 1/2 to 2 years   language development  
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myelin   insulation around neurons-related to cognitive growth  
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myelination of reticular formation p. 218   complete by age 5; aids attention span  
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218 nerves connecting cerebellum (balance)   to cerebral cortex (information processing)  
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gross motor skills p. 219   age 3-can't turn; jump 15 in.; ascend stairs; hop  
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gross motor skills age4   throw ball-friend can catch  
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boys are stronger; more active   girls more coordinated - age 5 jumping jacks  
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toilet training p220   dry 2 hours/time;regular bowel movements, can follow directions  
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Toilet training - age   18-24 months; or wait for 30 months  
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fine motor skills p.220   age 3-draw circle age 4-draw a person age 5 - hold thin pencil  
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handedness p 220   90% right-handed; 10% left-handed  
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left-handed   20% more in highest-scoring category  
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Piaget - Preoperational p.223   age2-7-use of symbolic thinking grow, mental reasoning emerges & use of concepts increase  
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Are age2-7 capable of operations?   No - operation are organized, formal, logical mental processes  
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symbolic function p223   ability to use mental symbol to represent something ex toy car  
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p224 does thought determine language OR   does language determine thought?  
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Piaget -language grows out of   cognitive advances-language & thinking are tightly interconnected  
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centration -224   process of concentrating on one limited aspect of a stimulus and ignoring other aspects  
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buttons   4-5 yr. olds choose "longer" row of eight buttons spread out (not 10 buttons)  
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p224 conservation   knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangment and physical appearance of objects  
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conservation example   water poured from short to tall glass  
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transformation   process in whcih one state is changed to another  
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transformation ex   pencil falls down or worms during walk in woods  
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egocentrism   thinking that does not take into account the viewpoints of others  
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egocentrism   inability to take into account the viewpoints of others  
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functionality   actions are related to outcomes (pedal a bike, it goes faster)  
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identity   certain things stay the same - clay in a lump or flat  
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intuitive thought   thinking that reflects preschooler's primitive reasoning & their avid acquisition of knowledge  
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piaget-criticisms   relatively few children, conservation & other concepts are understood earlier  
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Piaget used difficult language   concentrated on deficiencies  
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siegler   information processing approaches represent the best explantation of cognitive development  
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numbers-preschoolers understand more numbers than Piaget thought   they can count in a systematic manner - Siegler  
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autobiographical memory   after 3 yrs.  
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scripts   broad representation in memory of events and the order in which they occur  
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forensic developmental psychology   reliability of children's autobiographical memories in the contest of the legal system  
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Do children remember false incidents?   Yes, especially if a. adults make suggestions b. preschoolers are very subject to suggestions  
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False memories are more persistent than real ones   Yes, especially with leading questions  
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Information processing in perspective   cognitive development consists of gradual improvements, practice  
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Chief advantages of information processing perspectives   QUANTATATIVE methods-rely on well-defined processes that can be tested-provides a clear, logical, testable account of children  
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Information processing-detractors   "lose the forest for the trees" by concentrating on detail  
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Vygotsky's - Russian developmental psychologist   child's social and cultural world is focus of cognitive development  
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Vygotsky saw children   as apprentices, learning from master teachers in skills that their particular environment needs  
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Zone of proximal Development ((ZPD)   level at which a child can almost, but not fully, perform a task independently--teacher will increase competence  
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scaffolding   the support for learning and problem solving that encourages independence and growth  
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cultural tools   physical objects-used to complete tasks  
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Cultural tools Ex. distance   in cities, use blocks - in country, use landmarks  
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Why Vygotsky's view is popular   cognitive development is result of social factors--helps explain cultural learning  
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Piaget - children in preoperational stage   develop symbolic function -  
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Piaget preoperational children   use intuitive thought to explore & draw conclusions  
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Piaget - functionality and identity   (blank)  
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information processing p 234   quantative changes in children's processing skills largely account for cognitive development  
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Vygotsky p. 234   children develop cognitively within a context of culture and society-Zone of Proximal development & scaffolding  
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syntax p236   the way in which an individual combines words and phrases to form sentences  
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fast mapping   instance in whcih new words are associated with their meaning after only a brief encounter  
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by age 3 p236   use plurals, possessives, use articles (the)  
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grammar   system of rules that determine how our thoughts can be expressed  
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3 yr old follow rules of grammar   most of the time "catched"  
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private speech   speech by children that is spoken and directed to themselves  
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private speec - ex.   "calm down" - adults - children - puzzle piece "put here"  
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pragmatics p. 238   the aspect of language that relates to communicating effectively and appropriately with others Ex "thank you"  
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social speech p 238   speech directed toward another person and meant to be understood by that person  
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Poverty affects langauge development   type of language, number of words, how much parents spoke to them-affects intelligence tests  
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Children who watch Sesame Street   have significantly larger vocabularies  
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us-china-japan p244   Japan-group-China-educaiton  
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David Elkind-US pushes children too fast   developmentally appropriate educational practice-based on typical development  
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Montessori   children engage in group activities  
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