Chapter 5

Question 1

If a toddler does not receive enough protein it could be one vulnerable to this disease

Answer 1

Kwashiorkor

Question 2

One of the most crucial micronutrients especially in Africa and Asia is

Answer 2

Iodine

Question 3

A micronutrient that is still common in the US

Answer 3

Iron

Question 4

When is the peak of synaptic density

Answer 4

Around age 3

Question 5

Process of reducing number of connections between neurons so that they become more efficient

Answer 5

Synaptic pruning

Question 6

Walking begins around _______ months

Answer 6

9-17 months

Question 7

Milestone at 11-19 months

Answer 7

Stand one leg

Question 8

13-17 month milestone

Answer 8

Walk backward

Question 9

Milestone 14-22 months

Answer 9

Run

Question 10

17-30 month milestone

Answer 10

Jump in place

Walk on tip toes

Question 11

22-36 month milestone

Answer 11

Walk up and down stairs

Question 12

What is the most crucial milestone in Piaget 6 th stage of sensorimotor

Answer 12

Mental representation

Question 13

Ability to repeat actions observed at an earlier time

Answer 13

Deferred imitation

Question 14

The name of vygotskys theory of cognitive development that states that development is both social and cultural process

Answer 14

Sociocultural theory

Question 15

Difference between skills or tasks that children can accomplish alone and those they are capable of performing if guided by an adult

Answer 15

Zone of proximal development

Question 16

Vygotskys says children develop this _________ , self guidance and self directing themselves as they learn in the zone of proximal development

Answer 16

Private speech

Question 17

Degree of assistance provided to the learner in the zone of proximal development, gradually decreasing as the learners skills develop

Answer 17

Scaffolding

Question 18

This are in the left temporal lobe is specialized for language comprehension

Answer 18

Wernicke’s area

Question 19

Single word that represents a whole sentence

Answer 19

Holophrase

Question 20

Use of a single word to represent a variety of related objects

Answer 20

Overextension

Question 21

Applying a general word to a specific object

Answer 21

Under extension

Question 22

Person who is sought out when a child experiences some kind of distress or threat in the environment

Answer 22

Primary attachment figure

Question 23

Fear in response to unfamiliar persons usually evident in infants by age 6 months

Answer 23

Stranger anxiety

Question 24

Cultural tradition in which men have more than one wife

Answer 24

Polygyny

Question 25

From 3-6 child grows

Answer 25

2-3 inches / year

Question 26

Myelination is completed by age 5 in the reticular formation this explain increase of a childs________

Answer 26

Attention span

Question 27

Inability to remember anything that happen prior to age 2

Answer 27

Infantile amnesia

Question 28

Iron deficiency that is experienced by majority of children under 5 in developing country

Answer 28

Anemia

Question 29

The inability to distinguish between you own perspective and another's perspective

Answer 29

Egocentrism

Question 30

Ability to exercise control over ones emotions

Answer 30

Emotional self regulation

Question 31

Trait of having inadequate emotional self regulation and correlates of externalizing problems

Answer 31

Under control

Question 32

Trait of having excessive emotional self regulation therefore usually results to internalizing problems

Answer 32

Over control