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Unit 4: Early Child

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Early childhood   years 2-6.  
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Myelination   aids in the development of the corpus callosum: connector of both brain hemispheres.  
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Brain   has specialized functions and damage to brain can result in loss of those functions.  
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Plasticity   the tendency of new parts of the brain to take up the functions of injured parts.  
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Rough-and-tumble play   helps develop physical and social skills (running, chasing, fleeing, wrestling, hitting an object with hand, laughing and making faces)  
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Fine motor skills   involve small muscles used in manipulation and coordination.  
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4 stages of drawing   placement, shape, design, pictorial  
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immunizations and antibiotics   reduce major illnesses.  
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Accidents   the leading cause of death  
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Sleep   need 11 to 13 hours in a 24-hour period  
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Somnambulism   sleepwalking, is more common among children than adults.  
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Toilet training   occurs between ages 3-4.  
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Enuresis   failure to control the bladder  
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Encopresis   lack of control over the bowels  
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Pre-operational Stage   mental manipulations of information, and at this stage, young children’s logic is at best “under construction.”  
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Symbolic play   may seem immature, but requires cognitive sophistication  
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Egocentrism   one-dimensional thinking where the child is at the center and unable to perceive the world around them  
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Precausal Thinking   inaccurate type of thinking about natural causes of events  
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Animistic Thinking   attributing life and intentions to inanimate objects  
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Scaffolding   temporary support provided by a parent or teacher to learning children, which decreases as children become more proficient.  
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Zone of Proximal Development   area in which children develop new cognitive skills as a function of working with more skilled people, who teach and guide them.  
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Sesame Street   is most successful educational program.  
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Appearance – Reality Distinction   development of the understanding between real events on one hand, and mental events or fantasies on the other.  
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Memory   is facilitated by children talking about the event  
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Fast-mapping   attaching new word to the appropriate concept  
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Whole-object assumption   words refer to whole objects and not to their parts or characteristics  
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Pragmatics   children adjust their speech depending on the social situation  
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Interactionist view   language precedes and follows cognition  
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Parenting   is classified into 2 dimensions.  
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Warm parents   are affectionate (kisses and hugs), caring, supportive and communicate enjoyment  
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Cold parents   may not enjoy children and have few feelings of affection,  
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3 types of enforcement   Inductive, power-assertive, threaten-to-withdraw-love  
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Authoritative   they are highly restrictive and make strong demands for maturity, including reasoning and showing strong support and love.  
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Authoritarian   value obedience for its own sake with strict guidelines about right and wrong without question.  
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Permissive-indulgent   low in their attempts to control children and in their demands for mature behavior; they’re easygoing, unconventional and very high nurturing.  
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Rejecting-neglecting   low in demands for mature behavior and low in attempts to control behavior; they are low in support and responsiveness.  
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Regression   baby-like behaviors that follow the birth of a new child  
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Functional play   beginning of sensorimotor) repetitive motor activity, such as rolling a ball, running, laughing  
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Symbolic play   create settings, characters and scripts  
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Constructive play   drawing & building  
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Formal games play   rules & invention  
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Altruism   behavior intended to benefit another without expectation of reward  
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Empathy   sensitivity to the feelings of others  
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Aggression   behavior intended to hurt or injure another person  
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Self-concept   sense of self  
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Categorical self   self-definitions that refer to concrete external traits (baby, child, adult, boy, girl)  
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Initiative v. Guilt (Erikson's Stage)   Children strive to achieve independence from their parents and master adult behaviors.  
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Stereotype   fixed, conventional idea about a group  
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Gender roles   broader, cultural expectations about behavior “masculine” “feminine”  
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Hippocampus   contributes to differentiation in gendered behavior.  
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Social Cognitive Theory   both the roles of rewards and punishments in gender typing and the ways in which children learn from observing others help children decide which behaviors are appropriate for them.  
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Cognitive Developmental Theory   children form concepts and then mold behavior to fit their concepts  
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