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Child dev chap 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inductive | characteristics of disciplinary methods, such as reasoning, that try to teach an understanding of the principles behind parental demands |
| Authoritative | a child-rearing style in which parents are restrictive and demanding, yet communicative and warm |
| Authoritarian | a child-rearing style in which parents demand submission and obedience from their children but are not very communicative and warm |
| Permissive indulgent | A childbearing style in which parents are not controlling and restrictive but warm |
| Rejecting neglecting | A childbearing style in which parents are neither restrictive or controlling nor supportive and responsive. |
| Regression | A return to behaviors characteristic of earlier stages of development. |
| Sibling rivalry | Jealousy or rivalry among brothers and sisters. |
| Peers | Children of the same age. (More generally, people of similar background and asocial standing). |
| Dramatic play | Play in which children enact social roles; made possible by the attainment of symbolic thought; a form of pretend play. |
| No social play | Forms of play in which play is not influenced by the play of nearby children. |
| Social play | Play in which children interact with others and are influenced by their play. ( parallel play, associative play, cooperative play). |
| Prosocial behavior | Behavior intended to benefit another without expectation of reward. |
| Empathy | Ability to share another’s feelings. |
| Disinhibited | To stimulate a response that has been suppressed by showing a model engaging in that response without aversive consequences. |
| Categorical self | Definitions of the self that refer to concrete external traits. |
| gender identity | Ones sense of being male, female or something else. |
| Sex assignment | The labeling of a newborn as a male or female. Also termed gender assignment. |
| Transgender | People who feel like they were born in the body of the wrong gender. |
| gender roles | A complex cluster of traits and behaviors that are considered stereotypical of females and males. |
| gender stability | The concept that ones gender is a permanent feature. |
| Gender constancy | The concept that ones gender remains the same despite superficial changes in behavior and appearance |
| Gender schema theory | The view that one’s knowledge of the gender schema in ones society guides ones assumption of gender type preferences and behavior patterns. |
| Reaction time | The amount of time required to respond to a stimulus. |
| Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, ADHD | A behaviors disorder characterized by excessive inattention, impulsiveness, and hyper activity. |
| Hyperactivity | Excessive restlessness and overeactivity. |
| stimulants | Drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system. |
| dyslexia | A reading disorder characterized by problems such as letter reversals, mirror reading, slow reading, and reduced comprehension. |
| Learning disability | A group of disorders characterized by inadequate development of a specific academic, language, and speech skills. |
| Schizophrenia | A serious psychological disorder characterized by a break with reality, seeing and hearing things that are not there, having fixed irrational believes and disordered thinking. |
| Double deficit hypothesis | The theory of dyslexia suggests that dyslexic children have biological deficits in two areas: phonological processing and naming speed. |
| communication disorders | Persistent problems in understanding or producing language. |
| Mainstreaming | Placing children with disabilities in classrooms of children without disabilities. Intended to counter the negative effects of special needs classes. |