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Child Development
Subject includes development, cognition, as well as theories through the course of human child.
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Undergraduate 3
05/12/2011

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Continuous
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When development happens in a cumulative or additive way.

Ex. Information processing theory & Environment-based theories.
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Discontinuous
Definition
When development happens in stages.

Ex. Erikson's Psychosocial Theory & Piaget

**Stages represent dramatic changes
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Hypothesis
Definition
A testable proposal; often developed to check validity of theory.
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RD: Cross Sectional
Definition
Cheap; compares answers to surveys by age
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RD: Longitudinal
Definition
Looks for the same answer over time; hard to find/fund as well as holding on to subject.
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RD: Cross Cultural
Definition
Studies one culture and duplicate it with another.
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Conception
Definition
The successful fusion of gametes to form a new organism.
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3 Periods of Development
Definition
1) Germinal Period

2) Embryonic Period

3) Fetal Period
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Germinal Period
Definition
First 2 weeks after conception
- creation of Zygote
- Cell division
- attachment to uterine wall
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Embryonic Period
Definition
From 2nd wk - 8th wk.

Organogenesis : Organ formation during embryonic period

Endoderm: (inner layer) Internal organs and becomes the respiratory and digestion systems

Ectoderm: (outermost layer) becomes nervous sysem, sensory receptors, and skin

Mesoderm (middle layer) Becomes circulatory system, bones, muscles, excretory and reproductive system.
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Fetal Period
Definition
From 3month

-Active
- face distinguishable
- sex indentifiable *****
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Teratogens
Definition
Environmental agents that cause damage during the prenatal period.
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Average birth weight
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7.5 lbs
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Low birth weight
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5.5 lbs
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Critical Functions
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1) Circulation : circulates blood

2) Respiration: take 1st breat
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4 main reflexes
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1) Sucking

2) Rooting

3) Moro

4) Grasp
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Reflex : Moro
Definition
The startle reflex. Baby will tend to arch their backs and fling their arms out as though to cry for help.
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Reflex: Rooting
Definition
When you touch a baby's cheek, him/her will turn head towards your touch (this is another way for the child to get nutrients)
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New born infant states
Definition
1) Quiet Alert (Great for bonding time)

2) Active Alert

3) Crying

4) Drowsy

5) Sleeping
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Sleeping
Definition
Average 16 hours a day; is protection against the world

1) Quiet
2) Active ***REM- brain being stimulated
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Baby spend more time in...(sleep)
Definition
Active: Because REM-brain being stimulated; newborns spend more time here. It provides stimulation essential for CNS development and ensures that structure of the eye remain oxygenated during sleep.
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Piaget: Basic premises
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1. Knowledge is constructed from world, and people.
2. Four distinct stages
3. Development is ongoing - people are always learning (spiral)
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Piaget's four stages of C. Development
Definition
1) 0-2 Sensorimotor

2) 2-6 Pre-operational

3) 7-11 Concrete operational

4) 12+ Formal operational
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Pre-operational
Definition
Being able to reason using mental representation. Thinking is not yet logical.
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Concrete operational
Definition
Being able to perform logical operations on concrete objects
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Formal operational
Definition
Can think logically about abstract issues and hypothetical operations.
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Strongest sense
Definition
Smell
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Stimulation
Definition
Giving order and meaning to an event
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Intermodal perception
Definition
Receiving impulses from 2 or more senses at one time
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Object permanence
Definition
Knowing something exist even if you don't see it.
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Sensorimotor substages concludes with achievement of...
Definition
1) symbolic thought

2) object permanence
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Characteristic of pre-operational
Definition
- Animism

- Egocentrism is a child's INABILITY to see things from another person's perspective. Declines with pretend play.

- Centration
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Characteristic of Concrete operational
Definition
- Decentration is focusing on a lot of things at one time (seeing the array)

- Conservation is being able to hold more than one idea in your mind at a time (Vs. pre-operational)

-Logic is taking relative factors into account; weight the importance of the array on information.
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Characteristics of formal operational period
Definition
Abstract reasoning is using symbols.
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Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Definition
Knowledge is scaffolded progressing their cognition and mental abilities. Next area of development thinking.

In other words it is the difference between what a learner can learn with help and what a learner can learn without help.
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Comparison of Piaget and Vygotsky
Definition
Vygotsky = GOT as in "got it down"
- Language is knowledge, key to cognition

Piaget
- Language is symbolic. Thinking first, language is second. Language is form of symbolic thinking.
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Scheme
Definition
A discrete piece of information
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Scripts
Definition
A sequence of schemes; a PREDICTABLE sequence of events

Ex. A child pretend play.
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Displacement
Definition
Being able to talk about things in the past (past-tense)
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Infinite generatively
Definition
You can put words together infinitely
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Phonology
Definition
Basic sounds; 150 sounds humans; English 36 sounds
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Syntax
Definition
S is for sequencing; word order (Grammar)
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Semantics
Definition
M is for meaning (it makes sense)
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