Here are the
terms and concepts for the last two chapters.
In addition to these terms, the sheet I will give you to have out during the exam will include these terms/concepts from previous exams.
parallel play, associative play, cooperative play
Erikson's Initiative versus Guilt
self concept in early childhood
Functional play, constructive play, make-believe play
Induction
Authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved parenting styles
Gender typing
Gender constancy
Secular trends in physical growth
Asthma, including who is more at risk
Rough-and-tumble play
Dominance hierarchy
Fast mapping
Episodic memories
Scripts
Conservation
Overregularization
Child-centered preschools
Academic preschools
sensory preferences in the newborn
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and current recommendations for reducing its likelihood
classical conditioning in infants (UCS, UCR, CS, CR)
operant conditioning
deferred imitation
object permanence
habituation
cooing, babbling,
word overextension and underextension
temperament: easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up children
social referencing
self-control and compliance
gross and fine motor development
nightmares, sleep terrors and transitional objects
grasping--pincer and ulnar grasp
physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development
Freud's psychosexual theory (id, ego, and superego)
behaviorism:classical and operant conditioning
microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
independent and dependent variables (be able to identify them in anexperiment)
longitudinal design
cross-sectional design
fertilization
donor insemination
in vitro fertilization
alcohol, smoking-their effect on fetal and child development
first, second, and third stage of labor
Cesarean delivery
Natural, or prepared, childbirth
Reflexes: rooting, Moro, palmar grasp, stepping
Erikson's Initiative versus Guilt
Self-concept
Self-esteem
Empathy and sympathy
Altruism/prosocial behavior
Functional play
Constructive play
Make-believe play
Nonsocial activity
Parallel play
Associative play
Cooperative play
Sociodramatic play
Social problem solving Moral development
Psychoanalytic perspective--superego and identification with same-sex parent
Induction
Social Learning theory
-warmth and responsiveness
-competence and power
-consistency between assertions and behavior
Time-out
instrumental and hostile aggression
overt and relational aggression
gender typing
gender identity
gender constancy
David Reimer, the boy who was raised as a girl
Styles of Child Rearing
authoritative child-rearing style
authoritarian child-rearing style
permissive child-rearing style
uninvolved child-rearing style
Sex differences in the brain
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Information and Support
Reaction paper due May 23Answer the "Apply" question on page 348
Senator Smith heard that IQ and achievement gains resulting from Head Start do not last, so he plans to vote against funding for the program. Write a letter to Senator Smith explaining why he should support Head Start.
In response to the video,
The Secret of the Wild Child, please answer the following questions:
1. If another girl like Genie was discovered today, and researchers were preparing to do a similar study, what advice would you give about how to handle things differently than the "Genie team" did? (Ethical considerations, balancing patient/research subject)
2. In addition to language deprivation, what other types of physical, cognitive, and social-emotional deprivation did Genie experience?
Due May 16
From pages 324-325, explain the three ideas involved in a realistic understanding of death (permenance, universality, and nonfunctionality). Give some specific examples of ways that parents, caregivers, and educators can help preschool children develop a realistic understanding of death.
Due Thursday, May 11
Due Tuesday, May 9On page 304, answer the "Apply" question--the one about Leslie serving a new snack to her preschool class, how she can encourage the children to try it, and what tactics she should avoid. The information on pages 296-298 in your text will be useful in answering this question.
