Child Development: April 2006

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Eighteen-month-old, highly active Jake, who climbed out of his high chair, had a temper tantrum when his father made him sit at the table until the meal was finished. Using the concept of goodness-of-fit, suggest another way of handling Jake. (pp. 263-264) If you prefer, you may describe a temperamentally difficult child you know personally, and apply the goodness-of-fit model to his/her behavior. Due Tuesday, May 4

Paper topic brainstorming

Pregnancy and childbirth

natural or with meds--midwife or OB/GYN
problem pregnancy (diabetes, STD, older, teens)--genetic counselor
stress--ob/gyn or psychologist
addictions (high risk)--ob/gyn or psychologist
religious/racial differences between parents--priest/pastor/rabbi
pain management--Lamaze instructor
different types of births--OB/GYN
premature births--OB/GYN
multiple births--OB/GYN
infertililty--fertility specialist
types of conception--fertility specialist, OB/GYN
adoption--lawyer, social worker, OB/GYN, planned parenthood
breastfeeding--nurse, lactation consultant

Infancy and Toddlerhood

teething--RN
potty training--pediatrician, child care worker
speech and language development--speech therapist
walking--physical therapist
scheduling--pediatrician
socializing--teacher (daycare/extracurricular)
diet--nutritionist
behavior--daycare teacher, behaviorist
breastfeeding--lactation consultant

Early Childhood

discipline--psychiatrist (?)
potty training--pediatrician
transition to school--teacher
communicating--psychiatrist (?)
eating--nutrition specialist
sleeping on own--pediatrician

Sunday, April 23, 2006

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Referencing information from Chapter 6 in your text, describe some of the things parents can do to enhance cognitive and language development in infancy and toddlerhood. Due April 27

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Piaget's Cognitive-developmental theory
Sensorimotor Stage
Schemes
Assimilation and Accomodation

Circular Reactions
Object Permanence
A-not-B search error
deferred imitation
functional play
make-believe play
violation-of expectation method
Infant memory
Recognition and recall
Infantile amnesia
Autobiographical memory

Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development

Infant Intelligence Tests

Bayley Scales of Infant Development

Mental scale and motor scale

Developmental Quotient

Home Observation for Measurement

Language Development

Behaviorist perspective

Nativist perspective

language acquisition device

Interactionist perspective

Cooing and babbling

joint attention

underextension

overextension

telegraphic speech

child-directed speech

Erikson's basic trust versus mistrust

autonomy versus shame and doubt

basic emotions
social smile
stranger anxiety
separation anxiety
social referencing
self-conscious emotions
emotional self-regulation

Temperament
Easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up children
inhibited and uninhibited children
goodness-of-fit model
attachment

Ainsworth's Strange Situation
secure attachment
avoidant attachment
resistant attachment
disorganized/disoriented attachment

Attachment Q-sort
fathers, siblings and child care
attachment and later development
I-self and me-self
empathy
self-control
compliance

Physical Growth in Early Childhood
Handedness
Dominant Cerebral Hemisphere
Nightmares and Sleep Terrors
Eating habits in early childhood
Gross and fine motor skills
Preoperational thought
sociodramatic play
dual representation
operations
egocentrism (link)
animistic thinking
conservation (link link)
centration
irreversibility
hierarchical classification
class inclusion problem (link)
Understanding death
1. permanence
2. universality
3. nonfunctionality
Piaget and Early Childhood Education
1. Discovery learning
2. Sensitivity to children's readiness to learn
Vygotsky and private speech
Scaffolding
Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education
Information Processing
Planning
Memory strategies
Episodic memory
scripts
Metacognition
Theory of Mind
Ordinality and cardinality

Power Point
Physical Knowledge in Infancy
Obituary of Urie Bronfenbrenner

The Nature of Love by Harry F. Harlow (1958)

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Mini reaction paper, Due April 25
Explain why breastfeeding (or choosing not to breastfeed) can have lifelong consequences for the development of babies born in poverty-stricken regions of the world. (Use the information on page 178 to answer this question).

Physical Development in the First Two Years

Physical growth--height and weight

Cephalocaudal trend
Proximodistal trend

fontanels
teeth

neurons
lateralization
brain plasticity
changing states of arousal/sleep habits
breastfeeding and bottlefeeding
nonorganic failure to thrive
classical conditioning

UCS-UCR CS-CR
operant conditioning

habituation and recovery
imitation
motor development average age of walking
ulnar grasp
pincer grasp

hearing
vision

visual cliff

Babies and Their Senses

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Mini reaction paper:

Genetic environmental correlations. For either yourself or a child you know, give examples of passive, evocative, and active (niche-picking) genetic environmental correlations. See pages 86 and 87 for the definitions and some examples, but in your reaction paper, be sure to give examples of each type of correlation specific to the child you are describing. Due April 11.

For Psych 261--here are some resources that will be helpful as you work on your paper that is due on June 1. The paper will be 5 (5 pages minimum) to 7 pages in length, and will address an issue of relevance to one of the stages of child development. One of your resources for this paper will be a personal interview with someone who works with your target age range in a professional or volunteer capacity. In addition to the interview, you should have at least 4 other references.

The paper should be in APA format (see resources below). Pages should have one-inch margins on all sides, and in addition to the 5 pages of text, you should have a cover sheet and a reference page. At least one of your sources should be a psychological journal.

Your paper should do the following:

1. Provide a general overview the stage of development you will be discussing in your paper. For example, if your topic is kindergarten readiness, set the stage for your paper by describing some of the advances that take place in early childhood. One way to do this might be to devote a paragraph each to physical, cognitive, and social development during that stage. You may use your textbook as the reference for this section, or a different textbook if you prefer, but be sure to actually use a scholarly source for your description of that stage of development.

2. Next, present the main topic of your paper, explaining why it is an important issue in development. Again, any facts or assertions you present should be backed up by a citation. See the links below for information on how to cite your sources throughout the body of your paper.

3. Present information from an interview with a person who works professionally with the issue and age group, or is in some way an "expert" in this area. This should not be more than 1 1/2 pages of your paper, and you should be sure to tie it in to the broader context of your paper. When you tell me what topic you have decided on for your paper, I would be happy to discuss ideas for questions and/or the general direction your interview might take.

4. Your summary and conclusion, including any recommendations you have. This would be the part where you might add your personal thoughts on the subject, as well as what you have learned from the process of writing this paper.

Resources:

Psychology journals and resources for colleges, teachers and their students.

Writing Center and APA style writing help provided by AlleyDog.com

Conception

Period of the zygote

Implantation

Period of the embryo

Period of the fetus

age of viability

Teratogens
Thalidomide
Tobacco
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

National Geographic Article

Fetal Alcohol Effects
Rubella
HIV/AIDS
Toxoplasmosis
Exercise
Nutrition
Folic Acid
Stress
Rh factor incompatibility
Toxemia

Chapter 4

first, second, and third stage of labor