Chapter 7 pt. 2

Question 1

What is the difference between Rough-and-tumble play and Aggressive Behaviour

Answer 1

Rough-and-tumble play = running, chasing, wrestling, hitting with an open hand, laughing, and making faces

Aggressive Behaviour = hitting with a fist, pushing, taking, grabbing, and angry looks

Question 2

What are Fine Motor Skills

Answer 2

skills that use small muscles (like fingers, wrists) and develop gradually and later compared to gross motor skills

Question 3

True or False: Canadians are becoming more and more involved in their children’s lives compared to before

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In Inuit Culture, are children monitored closely by their parents? why?

Answer 4

No they are not, children are actually encouraged to make their own choices and be independent and to explore. This encourages self-reliance

Question 5

The development of drawing (in children) is linked to the development of what?

Answer 5

Motor and Cognitive Skills

Question 6

At ages 2, at the age of 3, and ages 4-5, how do children tend to draw

Answer 6

Age 2: they scribble in various locations on the page
Age 3: Start to draw basic shapes (circles, squares, odd shapes, x’s)
Age 4-5: stage to reach the pictorial stage where designed resemble actual objects

Question 7

In a recent study by Yang and Noel (2006), they confirmed findings of what?

Answer 7

That 4-5 year olds prefer single line drawings with centred placement, because their hand-eye coordination is still developing so centred drawings dominate over other areas

Question 8

How does hand preferences evolve in infancy

Answer 8

by ages 2/3 months, a toy placed in an infants hand is held longer in the dominant hand
by 4 months, infants show a clear-cut preference with objects
preference increases during 7-11 months

Question 9

What percentage of the population is left-handed

Answer 9

17%

Question 10

Explain the study conducted by Rat-Fischer on handedness

Answer 10

16-22 month-olds were watched as they reached for a toy rake in front of them

Young infants used their hand of preference, Older infants used the hand that had the easiest retrieval, older children could use either hand

Question 11

If both of your parents are right handed, what are the chances of you also being right handed?

Answer 11

92%

Question 12

If both of your parents are left handed, what are the chances of you also being left handed??

Answer 12

50%

Question 13

What are some bad things about being left handed

Answer 13

it is shown to be related to language problems (dyslexia, stuttering) and health problems (high blood pressure, epilepsy)

Question 14

What are some advantages of being left handed

Answer 14

a high percentage of math0whizzes are left handed, and it is shown to be associated with athletic activities like handball, fencing, boxing, basketball, and baseball.

Also most musicians, architects, and artists are left handed

Question 15

Why are kids in our generation referred to as “Generation XL”

Answer 15

because we are the most overweight generation, 31% of Canadian children (ages 5-17) are obese or overweight

Question 16

What are 3 tips given by Nancy Gottesmen on how to avoid being overweight

Answer 16

1. use smaller dishware
2. use the palm of your hand to gauge portions
3. when grabbing snacks, one portion is the amount you can grab in one hand

Question 17

What does Canadas Food Guide recommend for a healthy diet (for children)

Answer 17

replacing sugary drinks with water, and avoiding highly processed foods (high in salt and sugar)

Question 18

What percentage of Canadian children are overweight and what percentage is obese

Answer 18

14% and 6%

Question 19

What has dramatically reduced the incidence and effects of serious childhood diseases in Canada

Answer 19

Advances in Immunization and the development of antibiotics

Question 20

How many children around the word die each year due to diseases (pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, tetanus, whooping cough, and tuberculosis)

Answer 20

8-9 million children

Question 21

What causes many respiratory infections that cause death in children (one in five children die)

Answer 21

Air pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels used from heating and cooking

Question 22

What is the most common cause for child deaths

Answer 22

Accidents (mostly motor vehicle accidents)

Children living in poverty are 5x more likely to die from fires and 2x likely to die in motor vehicle accidents