Chapter 3 Flashcards
The transitional that not straightforward or automatic but multidirectional and multicontextual, multicultural, and plastic is called
Development
Birth weight typically doubles by
4 months
Birth weight typically triples by
One year
An average 7 pound newborn will be 21 pounds at
12 months
In some countries people put large piercings through the face as decoration or indication of belonging to a particular group. This same behavior might be considered unacceptable in another place. This is considered to be a ___.
Norm
If teething or a stuffed up nose temporarily slows weight gain, nature slows growth of the body but not the brain, a phenomenon called ___.
Head-sparing
Most thinking, feeling, and sensing occur in the ___.
Cortex
The area for anticipation, planning, and impulse control is called ___.
Pre-frontal Cortex
The great but temporary increase in the number of dendrites that develop in an infant’s brain during the first two years of life is called ___.
Transient exuberance
A toddler not being able to different monkey faces anymore but becomes an expert at differentiating between humans faces is due to ___.
Synaptic pruning
A mother is abusive to her child and decides to shake her infant back and forth sharply and quickly to stop the baby from crying the life threatening injuring is called ___.
Shaken baby syndrome
Infants with no toys develop their brains by using whatever objects are available this phenomenal is called ___.
Self- righting
Looking at the television creates ___.
Sensation
Making sense of what you are watching is called __.
Perception
The ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image is called ___.
Binocular vision
Independent walking is an example of ___.
Motor skills
Sitting head steady is an example of ____.
Gross motor skills
A child writing their name is an example of ___.
Fine motor skills
The body’s immune system to resist a particular disease is called ___.
Immunization
9 year old Esi, was seen by the doctors and her parents were told that she is underweight for her height and age this is an example of ____.
Wasting
Miranda is 7 years old and her parents are not able to give her enough food to sustain her normal growth. What condition does she have?
Protein- calorie malnutrition
Chi chi body has stopped growing, her body tissues have began to waste away and the doctor says her likelihood to survive is scarce. What condition does Chi chi have?
Marasmus
Hilda is not getting enough protein in her diet so her growth over the years have slowed down. Her hair has become thin and her stomach has become big what condition does she have?
Kwashiorkor
Piaget’s term for the way infants think by using their senses and motor skills during the first period of cognitive development is called ___.
Sensorimotor Intelligence
Kyle has started sucking, grasping, and listening. Since he is utilizing his reflexes approximately how old and what stage is he in?
1 month Stage one (Reflexes)
Bianca has started sucking her pacifier differently from a nipple and can grab her bottle to suck it. What stage is this and age range is this?
1-4 months Stage 2 (The first acquired adaptations)
When mommy says patty cake, Andrea claps her hands. What stage is this and age?
4-8 months Stage 3 (Making interesting sights last)
Now Andrea puts her mother’s hands together in order to make her start playing patty-cake. What stage is this and age?
8-12 month Stage 4 (New adaption and anticipation)
Felix took the the teddy bear and flushed it down the toilet is an example of what stage and age?
12-18 months Stage 5 (New means through active experimentation)
Greg before flushing, he remembered that the toilet over-flowed and mother was angry the last time, and hesitated. What stage and age is this?
18-24 months Stage 6 (New means through mental combinations)
A woman shows the baby a toy then puts it under a cloth the baby is not able to find the toy nor looks for it, According to Piaget, this baby lacks _____. What stage can this be found?
Object Permanence
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