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Undergraduate 2
10/25/2013

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Montessori education is
Definition
child-centred
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Jean Piaget popularized the three-mountains task in which children look at three mountains and a doll looks at the three mountains from the other side. This task shows that 2-7 year olds can often be characterized as _____________.
Definition
egocentric
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Lev Vygotsky argued that all of education should be aimed at children’s zone of proximal development, meaning:
Definition
the tasks that are just a bit too hard to do on their own
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Head Start programs in the United States have generally been shown to have only short-term effects on school achievement.
Definition
True
Term
The original Project Head Start program was shown to have only short-term effects on school achievement.
Definition
False
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Preschool children seem to use illogical thought:
Definition
in unfamiliar situations
Term
Bob is worried about his three-year old daughter Anastasia who doesn’t like vegetables. According to research, which of the following is the most effective way for Bob to get Anastasia to eat vegetables?
Definition
regularly offer veggies without pressuring her to try them
Term
Diarrhea is a major cause of developmental impairments and deaths in developing countries. Which of the following is the most effective treatment of diarrhea, according to your textbook:
Definition
low cost mix of water, sugar, salt
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Bilingual children learn two words that refer to the same (overlapping) category like ‘peng-guo’ in Chinese and ‘apple’ in English. Learning two words to refer to the same category violates:
Definition
the mutual exclusivity bias
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Psychologists characterize autism as deficiencies in:
Definition
theory of mind
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According to your textbook, empathy does not necessarily lead to sympathy in preschoolers. Why not?
Definition
Preschool children can be egocentric
Term
According to Erikson, once children have established a sense of autonomy, the MOST IMPORTANT and overriding concern of development in the preschool years is:
Definition
a sense of purposefulness
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When my older daughter was 3 years old, she pointed out a young man wearing a pink bracelet, announcing in a very loud voice, “That’s a bad thing to do! His penis will fall off!”. Her announcement reflects knowledge about gender that is:
Definition
fairly typical for her age
Term
In your textbook, which of the following variables has been shown to be linked to liking to play with trucks?
Definition
androgens
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Fanny Mae and Lonnie Jean are both four-year old girls who scored at the norm on an intelligence test. Fanny Mae tends to be really shy and doesn’t like to talk to people. Lonnie Jean is very outgoing and makes friends easily. Assuming Fanny Mae and Lonnie Jean represent the average outcomes, which of the following predictions can be made for school:
Definition
Lonnie Jean is likely to do better at school than Fanny Mae
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Ming-bo is a 3-year old girl growing up in Taiwan. On a recent trip to the market, Ming-bo threw a tantrum when her mother wouldn’t buy her the candy she wanted. According to your textbook, which of the following reactions by Ming-bo’s mother represents culturally-specific ‘adaptive shaming’ (i.e., adaptive in Taiwan but not among English-speaking Americans)?
Definition
You embarrassed me in front of Mrs.Wong
Term
Giuseppe is a 4-year old boy. You tell Giuseppe you are going to show him 10 objects for a brief glance and ask him to remember as many objects as he can. Which is the most likely estimate of how many objects he will predict he can remember?
Definition
All of them
Term
Jasmine, a 4-year old Canadian girl, would most likely argue that putting one’s feet on the dinner table is ________________ as stealing a candy bar.
Definition
not as bad
Term
Your textbook argues that the most successful approach to childrearing is
Definition
authoritative
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Augustus, a 5-year old enrolled in a preschool, often plays by himself. If you were the preschool teacher, which of the following kinds of solitary play would you find the most worrisome?
Definition
Augustus kneads play dough over and over without ever really making anything
Term
What is the most common developmental course of Attention Deficit-Hyperactive Disorder?
Definition
ADHD usually persists over the lifespan
Term
Challenges to whether or not there is a universal stage of concrete operational thinking as part of human development come from:
Definition
cross cultural research
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If a psychologist announces that Benjamin is now capable of decentration, which of the following Piagetian tasks can he now pass?
Definition
conservation of volume
Term
Which of the following statements would demonstrate a second-order belief?
Definition
"I think that you think that this quiz is stupid"
Term
Kinship studies have shown that there is a very small (practically non-existent) biological component to IQ.
Definition
False
Term
Which of the following has been linked to obesity in children as a partially causal factor?
Definition
heredity, tendency to buy high fat food, family stress, reduced sleep, tv watching
Term
Recess contributes to school achievement if
Definition
children engage socially with peers
Term
The United States outperforms most Western nations (including Canada) on tests of school achievement.
Definition
False
Term
Why, according to your textbook, is English-only instruction favoured for minority-language children in the United States?
Definition
Public opinion favours English-only instructions
Term
Which of the following approaches works best, according to the textbook, for teaching children to read?
Definition
A combination of whole-language & phonics approaches
Term
Which of the following categories of peer non-acceptance is associated with the best adjustment?
Definition
Neglected children
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Samir, a 9-year old boy, did poorly on a math test. Which of the following responses on the part of Samir’s father is most likely to get him to try harder the next time?
Definition
Next time, study harder
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Psychologists generally recognize that different aspects of self-evaluations emerge in middle childhood. Which of the following is NOT one of those aspects?
Definition
Technological competence
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Your textbook argues that sibling rivalry:
Definition
functions to make one sibling unique
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The majority of single mothers with young children live in poverty in the U.S.
Definition
True
Term
Throughout middle childhood, which of the following aspects of self-evaluations contributes most to children’s self-esteem?
Definition
Physical appearance
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In Asia, children are taught to respect authority figures. In middle childhood, Korean children generally:
Definition
Disapprove of an authority figure telling to steal/act immorally
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Most bullies are:
Definition
disliked
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While divorce can lead to low academic achievement, difficulty with intimate ties, and other negative outcomes in adolescence, which of the following factors most strongly predicts children’s positive adjustment?
Definition
Authoritative parenting style from both parents
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School phobia in children aged 11-13 is due to:
Definition
Some aspect of school not yet learned to be dealt with
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When making decisions, teenagers, more than adults:
Definition
rely on intuitive judgement
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Adolescents often appear gangly because ________ go through a growth spurt before __________.
Definition
legs/torso
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In many elementary schools in Alberta, parent-school partnership is strongly encouraged. For teenagers, research has shown:
Definition
parent-school partnership is still important because adolescents are affected by parents’ attitudes about the importance of education
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In tribal and village societies, not all adults reach formal operational thinking on the tasks that Piaget devised. Your textbook suggests that not reaching the formal operational stage may be linked to:
Definition
lack of formal academic training
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Bulimia nervosa is thought to be easier to treat than anorexia nervosa.
Definition
True
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Girls in industrialized nations of girls reach puberty earlier in the current generation than in previous generations. The most important factor contributing to this change, according to your textbook, is:
Definition
increased rates of obesity
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American adolescents become sexually active earlier, on average, than Canadian adolescents. Which of the following variables (were it true) is most likely to explain that difference?
Definition
Less low SES adolescents in canada
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After American students are assigned to a college preparatory track in high school, their academic progress _______________. When students are assigned to a vocational educational track, their academic progress _______________.
Definition
speeds up/slows down
Term
Drinking alcohol during adolescence predicts:
Definition
nothing, no correlate
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Early-maturing girls are often considered to be high status among their peers.
Definition
False
Term
The incidence of depression among adolescents is:
Definition
about the same as that of adults
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At the postconventional or principled level, how did Kohlberg propose that most people would solve Heinz’s dilemma?
Definition
Supporting Heinz's stealing to save his wife
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Sonia is a parentally oppressed Korean girl. According to the textbook, what is Sonia’s most likely reaction to her parents during adolescence?
Definition
Rebellion
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Erikson identified adolescence as a time of identity crisis. Since then,
Definition
Researchers agree, but think 'crisis' is massive overkill word, not traumatic.
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16-year old John declares that he’ll never get married or have children because no one will ever love him. John’s identity status about his romantic future would best be captured by:
Definition
identity foreclosure
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Self esteem in adolescents
Definition
is still related to parenting style
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Following Kohlberg, research on children’s moral development has generally shown:
Definition
highest stages (past 4) are almost never reached
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Religiously-involved adolescents generally:
Definition
do more community service
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Approximately how many families with adolescents have seriously troubled relationships?
Definition
less than 10%
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My 15-year old son hangs out at school with five other boys in a group my older daughter calls the “nerd herd” (they like math and robotics). Given how research suggests clique membership affects development in adolescent, which of the following would be the most appropriate reaction on my part:
Definition
Clique membership will not affect his development
Term
Pituitary gland
Definition
Growth Hormone and Thyroid stimulating hormone
Term
Growth hormone
Definition
development of all tissue aside from brain and genitals
Term
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Definition
development of throxine which develops brain and genitals
Term
Nutrition
Definition
kids emulate the diets of those around them
Term
Infectious diseases
Definition
issue when kids are not fed right, disease also contributes to malnutrition
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Immunization
Definition
less disease now from immunizing. Us lags behind. hard to schedule, expensive, autism crazies
Term
Injuries
Definition
ecological theory; reduce through measures and monitoring
Term
Gross motor development
Definition
center of gravity lowers with age, can develop new skills
Term
Drawing
Definition
example of development of fine motor skills. Can make representaional forms
Term
Spelling name
Definition
Becomes more eligible by age 5, mirror letters until able to read
Term
Preoperational stage
Definition
2-7, time of more change in representational/symbolic activity
Term
Make beleive
Definition
Detached from real world, several combined schemes
Term
Sociodramatic plays
Definition
appears around 2; make believe combining schemes with peers
Term
Benefits of make beleive
Definition
Strengthens mental abilities, attention, memory, self control, etc
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Dual representation
Definition
seeing a symbolic object as an object AND a symbol
Term
Egocentrism
Definition
cannot distinguish another's POV from our own. Major lacking in preop.
Term
Animistic thinking
Definition
inanimate objects having lifelike qualities
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Conservation
Definition
concept that physical aspect of a thing remain the same despite appearences
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Centration
Definition
focus on multiple aspects of a situation, neglecting other bits
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Irreversibility
Definition
mentally cannot go through steps, then reverse direction. PART OF ANY LOGICAL OPERARATION
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Hierarchal classification
Definition
organizing based on classes and subclasses of similarities and differences
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Illogical thought
Definition
preschoolers given tasks relavent to themselves can reason by analogy. Piaget was wrong!
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Categorization
Definition
kids 2-3 classify based on category. Around 3-4 these get complex along with vocab
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Scaffolding
Definition
adjusting support to match kid's performance. makes kids who are better at tough tasks
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Guided participation
Definition
broad scaffolding; expert assists newbie without direct communication. Good for cross cultures
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Memory strategies
Definition
mental activities that improve remembering. Not done by young ones as they lack working memory
Term
Scripts
Definition
help kids interpret day to day; general descriptions of what happens
Term
Theory of mind / Metacognition
Definition
thinking about thought. occurs by age 3, language causes it
Term
Emergent literacty
Definition
kid's effort to construct literature knowledge via informal experiences
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Phonological awareness
Definition
reflect and manipulate sound structure of spoken language. Rhyming and correct pronunciation
Term
Ordinality
Definition
order relationships by quantity.Happens by 14-16 months. Knowing 3 is more than 2.
Term
Cardinality
Definition
knowing that the last number in a sequence is the quantity of items in set. 1, 2, 3; there are 3.
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Child-centered program
Definition
provides activity for kids, they pick, learning takes place through play. Better for kids, doesn't undermine motivation or effort
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Academic program
Definition
structured lessons with practice and drills
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Montessori
Definition
academic AND play. Found to be the best
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Project head-start
Definition
1965, kids 1-2 play in preschool with parental development. Did way better in school.
Term
Educational TV
Definition
low SES viewers. BAD, reduces practice time and social engagement
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fast mapping
Definition
connect new words to concepts after a brief encounter. Builds vocab. 5 words a day when 2-6
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Learning words
Definition
several sources of info & social cues
Term
Over regularization
Definition
over extending grammatical rules; my car breaked, my feets hurt
Term
Pragmatists
Definition
The practical/social side of language
Term
recasts
Definition
restructuring incorrect/innacurate speech to right form
Term
Expansions
Definition
Elaborating on kid's speech, increases in complexity
Term
Initiative
Definition
kids have a sense of purpose and are eager to do new stuff
Term
Self-concept
Definition
set of attributes/abilities, values that an individual has about themselves.
Term
Self-esteem
Definition
judgement we make about our self worth
Term
Prosocial/altrusitic behavior
Definition
actions that benefit from another with no expected reward
Term
Nonsocial activity
Definition
unoccupied onlooker/solo play
Term
Parallel play
Definition
plays near other kids, doesn't affect their behavior
Term
Associative play
Definition
Separate play, exchange toys & make comments
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Cooperative play
Definition
orient towards common goal
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Induction
Definition
help kid notice others' feelings by pointing them out
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Proactive/social aggression
Definition
kid needs to fulfill a desire, does so by unemotionally attacking another
Term
reactive/hostile aggression
Definition
response to provacation/blocked goal and is meant to hurt
Term
Forms of aggression
Definition
Physical - punch
Verbal - teasing
Relational - gossip
Term
Gender typing
Definition
Association of sex with something in a manner according to stereotypes
Term
Gender identity
Definition
image of oneself as masculine/feminine
Term
Androgyny
Definition
scoring high for both masculine/feminine
Term
Gender constancy
Definition
kid understands that sex is static despite changes in clothes/hair, etc
Term
Gender schema theory
Definition
IP approach to gender typing. Environment pressures & kid's cognition determine gender roles
Term
Authoritative
Definition
most successful, high acceptance and involvement. Adaptive control, appropriate autonomy
Term
Authoritarian
Definition
low acceptance and involvement. high coercive control, inappropriate autonomy.
Term
Permissive
Definition
warm and accepting. Uninvolved. WAY too much autonomy
Term
Uninvolved
Definition
low acceptance and involvement. Indifference
Term
High self esteem
Definition
causes a mastery oriented approach to life.
Term
Cause and effect
Definition
by age 3, kids are aware of strategies for emotional regulation
Term
Moral intentions
Definition
considered by age 4
Term
Aggression
Definition
appears in second year of life
Term
Aggression promotion
Definition
Ineffective discipline, conflict ridden home, media violence
Term
Chinese, hispanic, black, Caribbean
Definition
parental warmth, high control. Impairs academic and social performance
Term
Maltreatment
Definition
Ineffective discipline, hold a biased view against kid
Term
Repeated abuse
Definition
sexual & nervous system damage, learning and adjustment trouble
Term
Middle school growth
Definition
slow, regular paces. Girls bigger by age 9.
Term
Low ses growth
Definition
impaired by malnutrition, permanently impairs mental and physical growth
Term
Obesity
Definition
fixed via family based intervention
Term
1st 2 years of elementary
Definition
get sick a lot, immature immune system
Term
Most common cause of hospital
Definition
asthma; caused by heredity, stress, etc. Common in blacks and poors
Term
Risks for academic, emotional, social difficulty
Definition
chronic illness. Fixed via positive family relations
Term
Fine motor skills
Definition
girls outperform boys. Boys are best at gross, except those with balance
Term
Common in middle school contributing to mental and social growth
Definition
games with rules
Term
Assess strengths of peers and avoid challenging big peers
Definition
Rough and tumble play
Term
Logically reasoned concrete info
Definition
Concrete operational stage
Term
Mastery of conservation
Definition
reversibility
Term
Cultural practices affect
Definition
mastery of Piaget's tasks
Term
Long term knowledge base
Definition
makes information easier to store and retrieve
Term
Most effective means of teaching reading
Definition
whole-language and phonetics
Term
Intelligence is an interaction of inner and outer forces (analytical, creative, practical)
Definition
Triarctic theory
Term
Analytical intelligence
Definition
information processing skills
Term
Creative intelligence
Definition
Solving novel problems
Term
Practical intelligence
Definition
success in everyday life
Term
Intelligence
Definition
Product of heredity and environment. black kids in wealthy homes do just as well as white kids
Term
IQ scores
Definition
affected by cultural forces. Stereotype threat: anxiety that hinders performance. Dynamic assessment helps perform better.
Term
Have a slight edge on academic performance
Definition
Traditional classrooms
Term
Have more motivated, critical, socially mature kids
Definition
constructionist classrooms
Term
Affect the low achievers, especially in public
Definition
Self-fulfilling prophecies
Term
Giftedness
Definition
Divergent thinkers, best is to enroll in a special program
Term
Four basic motor skills
Definition
flexibility, balance, agility, force
Term
Plays a larger role in boys' genetic advantage than musclemass
Definition
social experiences
Term
Conservation tasks
Definition
Piaget, clear evidence of operations (mental action obeying logic)
Term
Seriation
Definition
classify based on qualities like weight
Term
Transitive interference
Definition
concrete operational kids can seriate mentally
Term
Spatial reasoning
Definition
concrete operational have a better understanding of space
Term
Cognitive maps
Definition
mental representation of large scale places
Term
Limitation of concrete operational thinking
Definition
can only think about information perceived directly
Term
ADHD
Definition
inattention & impulsive academic and social problems. Fixed with stimulants for frontal lobe
Term
Elaboration
Definition
creating a relationship with 2 items not in the same category
Term
industry versus inferiority
Definition
conflict of middle childhood resolved positively when kids develop a sense of competence
Term
Social comparisons
Definition
judgments of one’s own appearance ability and behavior in relation to those others
Term
Cultural self esteem
Definition
blacks are high and Chinese/Japanese are low
Term
Mastery orientated attributions
Definition
crediting success to ability, can improve through effort attribute failure to factories that can be changed
Term
Learned helplessness
Definition
failures due to (in)ability, when succeeding assume it was external factors. Believe ability is fixed.
Term
Emotion centered coping
Definition
internal, private, and aimed at controlling stress little can be done. done when problem-solving does not work.
Term
Perspective talking
Definition
capacity to imagine what other people maybe thinking and feeling
Term
Peer groups
Definition
collectives that generate unique values and standards or behavior, and establish structures. Organized on the basis of proximity, sex, etc
Term
Peer acceptance
Definition
likeability – the extent to which child is worthy as a social member.
Term
Friends
Definition
resemble each other; mixed-race classrooms will have mixed-race friends
Term
peer acceptance categories
Definition
Popular children = are well liked
Rejected children = are disliked
Controversial children = both liked and disliked
Neglected children = seldom mentioned
Term
Social popularity
Definition
Popular – prosocial children = combined academic and social competence Popular– antisocial children = kids who are good at sports but bad at school
Rejected – aggressive children = high rates of conflict, hyperactive, inattentive
Rejected– withdrawn children = passive and socially awkward
Term
Controversial and neglected children
Definition
usually well-adjusted, often bully others
Term
Coregulation
Definition
supervision which parents exercise general oversight, while letting kid take charge of moment
Term
Only children.
Definition
not spoiled, not damaged, better off, higher self-esteem
Term
Mothers-stepfather familie
Definition
ages is determinant, older will be more irresponsible and act out
Term
Father – stepmother families
Definition
girls have a hard time getting along with new stepmother, eventually girls will benefit from support second mother
Term
Self-care children
Definition
kids without adults supervision after school
Term
Phobia
Definition
about 5% of kids develop intense unmanageable fear, so long as not too intense most kids can deal with it
Term
Growth spurt
Definition
first sign of puberty, rapid gain height and weight
Term
Primary sexual characteristics
Definition
growth of reproductive organs
Term
Secondary sexual characteristics
Definition
visible on the outside of body, breasts and pubic
Term
Menarche
Definition
first menstruation. 12.5 for North Americans, 13 for Europeans. Between 10.5-15.5
Term
Spermarche
Definition
first ejaculation, around 13.5
Term
Secular trend
Definition
generational change in puberty’s onset age. Physical well being has a large impact.
Term
Initiation of puberty growth
Definition
affected by heredity, nutrition, etc
Term
Sleeping
Definition
adolescents stay up much later but need just as much sleep as kids
Term
Body image
Definition
conception and attitudes towards one’s physical appearance, White girls are more likely to have an internalized cultural ideal of attractiveness
Term
Anorexia nervosa
Definition
Young people starve themselves and you’re getting fat, 1% girls.
Term
Bulimia nervosa
Definition
eating disorder in which young people engage in dieting, then binging, then vomiting. Affects about 2-4 %
Term
Adolescent pregnancy
Definition
lowest chances of getting an education, lowers chances of marriage, worsens economic circumstances
Term
Hypothetico-deductive reasoning
Definition
Piaget believed that adolescents exhibit this; deal with problems by starting with a hypothesis, which they deduce logical inferences, then they systematically determine which inference is correct
Term
Formal operational stage
Definition
Piaget believed that around age 11 Young people develop the capacity for abstract, systematic, and scientific thinking
Term
Propositional thoughts
Definition
aspects of Piaget’s operational stage, adolescents ability to evaluate the logic of statements without referring to real-world stuff
Term
Imaginary audience
Definition
cognitive distortion; Piaget believed that adolescents consider themselves the focus of everyone’s attention
Term
Personal fable
Definition
cognitive distortion; Piaget believed teenagers develop an inflated opinion of their own importance; feeling very special and unique
Term
Identity versus role confusion
Definition
Erickson, conflict; if adolescent’s previous conflicts were negative or societally limited, they appear shallow, directionless, and unprepared.
Term
Identity achievement
Definition
commitment to values, beliefs, and goals after a period of exploration.
Term
Ethnic identity
Definition
sense of ethnic group membership, attitudes that come along with that membership
Term
Identity moratorium
Definition
exploration without having reached commitment
Term
Identity foreclosure
Definition
commitment in the absence of exploration
Term
Identity diffusion
Definition
apathetic state with a lack of exploration/commitment
Term
Acculturative stress
Definition
conflict of minority and host culture
Term
Bicultural identity
Definition
explore and adopt values from both cultures
Term
Kholberg’s stages:
Definition
Postconventional/principled level
Preconventional level
Conventional level
Term
Postconventional/principled level
Definition
move beyond unquestioning support of social norms, define morality in terms of abstract principles that persist across all situations
Term
Preconventional level
Definition
morality is externally controlled. Accept rules of authority by consequences. Punishment = bad behavior, rewards = good behavior
Term
Conventional level
Definition
conform to society not for self-interest, but because they want to maintain positive relationships
Term
Influences on moral reasoning:
Definition
Parental practices
Schooling
Culture
Peer interaction
Term
Moral self-relevance
Definition
HOW central morality is to the self concept. Affects moral behavior.
Term
Autonomy
Definition
sense of oneself as a separate individual
Term
Cliques
Definition
groups of 5-7 friends, resemble each other’s background in terms of family, attitudes, values, etc
Term
Crowd
Definition
Several cliques with similar values joining together
Term
Dating
Definition
as long as not too early, will promote sensitivity and individual development
Term
Gender intensification
Definition
increased stereotyping of attitudes and behavior and movement towards a traditional gender identity. Early adolescence!
Term
Episodes
Definition
particular events that have happened to us. Young children have almost exclusively episodic memory.
Term
Autobiographical
Definition
The meaning and contextual side of memory. Advanced.
 Results from development of idea of narratives & sense of self, ideas about what happens in a life. Complex change.
Term
Number
Definition
2nd year of life. Can count two things. By 3rd year, can count three things. By 4th year, can know any number.
Term
Exclusive to humans
Definition
Complex language use
“dumb” language use (e.g., grammatical gender)
Lying, ?? Morality, autobio mem
Exact numbers 4 and greater
Taxonomic categories
Term
Caregiverese
Definition
Children are addressed in special ways.
Raised pitch, simple language forms, special words.
NOT all languages do this. Some cultures don’t talk to kids often at all…
NOT universal way for learning.
Term
Talking about objects/actions
Definition
Cross cultural differences in what we talk about. Talking about names of objects is Western. Asian families talk about appropriate actions/social relations.
Term
Code switching
Definition
; altering languages all the time. Spanish in New York do this. Often do this same code switching/not code switching as the adults around you; Ontario kids will speak EITHER French or English.
Term
Infantile amnesia
Definition
phenomena that we cannot remember anything between 3 or 4. Asians cannot remember before 3.5/4.
Term
autobiographical stories
Definition
 Africans tell long and repetitive nature of stories get them attention.
 Asians tell short and effective ones
Term
Piaget’s 3 stages:
Definition
• First, artificialism
• Second, egocentrism à living beings move; children override their own perceptual experience with a conceptual understanding of what must be the case.
• Third, belief in an invisible substance (air) that is always there, and its movements make the wind.
• One stage does NOT LEAD to another.
o Radically different ideas of how kids think
Term
Wind study citation accuracy
Definition
The textbook is accurate regarding JP’s choice of words (egocentrism and animistic thinking) and possibly even definitions, but seems to have missed the flavour. Egocentrism is not a failure of anything, but a use of one’s body/perspective to try to understand the world.
Term
Chinese moms are
Definition
more involved in autonomy and connectedness. More involved overall. Spending more time making them autonomous than connected.
Term
Establish a role in a peer group
Definition
(leader, rejected, neglected, controversial, unremarked)
Term
focus of developmental studies is on:
Definition
How to read, write, math, science, geography
Teaching and gestures
Language: Immersion programs and skill transfer
Term
Teaching math
Definition
best is teaching kids to take information on as their own. Piagetian.
Term
Story telling
Definition
is a crucial aspect for doing academic work. Stories are pretty akin to 5 paragraph essays…
Term
self-fulfilling prophecies by Kulinski & Weinstein
Definition
In Grades 3 and 5, achievement and/or self-expectations were different (in the expected directions).
Term
As children get older
Definition
Their self-concepts become more subtle:
Think they are either good or bad, boy or girl, ugly, pretty, etc.
Term
Boys show more increasing dependence on
Definition
appearance and athletic competence as part of their sense of self-worth than girls.
Term
Girls show more increasing dependence on
Definition
close friendships and social acceptance as part of their sense of self-worth than boys
Term
Determining self worth
Definition
appearance is the most predictive of their general sense of self-worth,
With job or scholastic competence following close behind
Term
Self esteem methodology
Definition
Quasi experiment. Survey methodology. Longitudinal.
Term
Rareness of quasi experiments
Definition
Social interactions become more relevant.
Kids language is better now, can express things.
Focused in school. Important. School is centric to achievement and stuff.
Term
Self regulation
Definition
want to do something that is not adaptive.
Term
Mischel
Definition
offers 5 year olds 1 cookie NOW, or 2 cookies in 10 minutes.
Term
Ways to self regulate
Definition
for betterL fidget and stuff
for worse: smelling and tasting marshmallow
Term
Response inhibition
Definition
suppressing dominant/automatic responses to stimuli
Term
Working memory
Definition
holding information in mind
Term
Selective attention
Definition
guiding attention to focus on certain things while ignoring other things
Term
Emotion regulation
Definition
coping with emotional reactions to situations
Term
Response inhibition
Definition
ability to suppress dominant/automatic responses to stimuli.
Real world example: overriding “autopilot mode”
Remembering to head to grocery store, instead of driving home.
Term
AS the brain develops
Definition
connections not used grow back. You start needing these connections as you figure more things out.
Term
To make a response more dominant
Definition
you can repeat a task which occasionally requires a different action.
Term
Tobacco-exposed children:
Definition
less able to regulate frustration during a “broken” computer game
less able to delay gratification
Term
Adolescence time period
Definition
Become aware of how good you are relative to your peers.
Lots of focus on how adolescents develop from interaction with their peers.
Relationships with adolescents and their parents is a HUGE predictor of success.
Term
Applicable theories for adolescence
Definition
Piaget: formal operational stage is not reached in all cultures, even in adults.

Hot & Cold Cognition: Neuroscience theory; Note link to information processing in that though patterns are altered.
Term
Hot cognition
Definition
thinking about/with emotions, irrationality
Term
Cold cognition
Definition
thinking in a strictly logical aspect. Rationality. fully present by age 13. However, at age 13, they are much more ruled by emotion.
Term
Driving simulator;
Definition
males will drive twice a risky with an unknown male peer, 4 x as likely with a known peer.
Term
Few theories for adolescents
Definition
o Other theories were made to address questions derived from philosophy – the origins of knowledge. This is targeted at childhood, origins of knowledge are not present in adolescence, not a lot is applicable. Mostly focused on kids.
• Piaget is still around because he did not focus on the ORIGINS only, he is still interested in the development up to true rationality.
Term
Clique study
Definition
NO SIGNIFICANT SEX difference in type
For boys, no significant effect whatsoever
For girls, clique membership was generally associated with positive outcomes.
Term
Girls & Boys in groups
Definition
Girls are seeking more interpersonal closeness
Boys are seeking more respect for who they are.
Term
Music study
Definition
Fans of classical music were judged… than chart/indie pop:
 More religious
 Of higher social class
 Older

And… than chart pop (i.e., no differences with indie)
 More Likely to have more years of education than chart pop
 More likely to be male than chart pop.
Term
Speaking french in young kids
Definition
less boy bias; knowing that there are feminine words, makes it less likely to assume all are boy objects.
Term
Speaking french in older kids
Definition
As they age, they can further extend gender concepts. Showed effects of french & gender.
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