Chapter 1~Test Flashcards
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What is a caregiver?
A person who takes care of a child
What is typical behavior?
A way of acting or responding that is common at each stage
What is stimulation?
Any activity that arouses a baby’s sense if sight, touch, sound, and taste
What does heredity mean?
The biological transfer of certain characteristics from earlier generations
Environment is?
The people, places, and things that surround and influence a person
Self esteem is?
The self worth or value people place on them selves.
What does it mean to have a subjective observation?
To rely on personal opinions and feelings.
What is the human life cycle?
A set of stages of human development
What is a developmental task?
The challenge to be met or skill to be acquired in each stage of the human life cycle
What does it mean to have an objective observation?
A observation that is factual and leaves aside and personal feelings and prejudices
What is a running record?
A record of everything observed for a set amount of time
Anecdotal Records are?
A report of a child’s action
What is a frequency count?
A tally of how often a behavior occurs.
What is the difference between a running record and a frequency count?
A running record is an observation if everything and anything but a frequency count is a tally to see go many times only one behavior is occurring.
What is a baseline?
A count made before any steps are taken
What is a developmental checklist?
A list if skills children should master by a certain time.
What is an interpretation?
The analysis an observer forms and expresses about what was observed.
What does it mean to have a confidentiality policy?
Confidentiality is the protection of another persons privacy by limiting access to personal information.
What are four ways you can benefit from studying children?
Learning why children feel, think and act the way they do, discover a caregivers importance, enjoy children more, learn about career opportunities.
Why is it important to play with children?
Play is how children learn.
How might studying about children affect your views if childhood?
It depends on what your childhood was like. Everyone has different views and experiences.
How developed is a baby’s brain at birth? How does it change by age three?
A child’s brain is the least developed of all the organs at birth. It is 1/4 the size of an adults brain. At age 3 children’s brains have already made trillions of connections among the brain cells.
How does stimulation help a baby develop?
Babies who receive stimulation develop more quickly and have a more secure self image.
What was Freud’s development theory?
That personality develops through a series of stages