Module 14 Flashcards

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How many nerve cells are being produced per minute in the mothers womb?

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Nearly a quarter million per minute

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Maturation includes

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The rapid development of the cerebellum at the back of the brain

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What were Piaget’s 4 major stages of cognitive development

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Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, and Formal operation

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What is the sensorimotor stage

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Babies taking in the world through their senses and actions

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What is the Preoperational stage

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When children are able to represent things through words and images

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What is the concrete operational stage?

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When children can grasp concepts, such as conversations. They can understand jokes and understand that change in form doesn’t mean change in quantity

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What is the formal operational stage?

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Reasoning expands, begin being able to ponder hypothetical questions, if this, then that. While full logic and reasoning is in adolescence, they are within arms reach

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What is stranger anxiety?

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The fear of strangers commonly exhibited by infants

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What is a critical period?

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An optimal period in someone’s life where certain stimuli or experience produces normal development

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What is basic trust?

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A sense that the world is reliable and predictable

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What does secure attachment nurture?

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A thriving social life

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How do socially deprived children differ?

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Reduced brain development, abnormal stress responses, quadruple the rate of ADHD

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What is self concept?

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An understanding and assessment of self and who you are, often positive by the end of age 12

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What are the 4 styles of parenting?

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Authoritarian - impose rules, expect obedience

Permissive - make few demands, set few limits

Neglectful - careless or inattentive

Authoritative - demanding and responsive, control by setting rules but also allow for exceptions

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