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31 Cards in this Set
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General Growth Pattern
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everyone grows, for the most part, in the same way
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Pituitary Gland
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a gland located near the base of the brain that releases a hormone affecting physical growth, master gland, controls all other glands.
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Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
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a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid glands to release throxine, which is necessary for normal brain development and body growth.
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Gross Motor Skills
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large muscle movements (Walking, Crawling)
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Fine Motor Skills
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small muscle movements (grasping, tying shoelaces)
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Growth Hormone
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a pituitary hormone that affects the development of all body tissues except the central nervous system and the genitals
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Pyschosocial Dwarfism
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growth disorder caused by emotional deprivation such as lack of love, caring, or concern
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conservation
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understanding that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes.
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centration
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tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation neglecting other important features
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egocentrism
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failure to distinguish the symbolic viewpoints of others from one's own
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animistic thought
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belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as, thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions
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theory of mind
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coherent set of ideas about mental activities
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metacognition
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"thinking about thought"
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Piaget's Concrete operational theory
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cognition is transformed into more organized reasoning of the school-age children
reasoning becomes more logical thinking falls short of adult intelligence. it is not yet abstract. |
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Erikson's Initiative(confidence) vs. guilt(lack of confidence)
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psychological conflict of early childhood, which is resolved positively through play experiences that foster a healthy sense of initiative and through development of a superego, or conscience, that is not overly strict and/or guilt-ridden
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play
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a means through which young children learn
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Parten's sequence of play
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4 stages of play that children go through according to age.
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gender roles
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children form a superego, or conscience, by identifying with the same-sex parent. as a result they adopt the moral and gender role standards of society
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regulation of emotions
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ability to control the expressions of emotions by age 3 or 4
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self-esteem
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judgements individuals make about about their own worth and the feelings associated with those judgements
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non-social play
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toddler range, be around children playing and pay no attention to them
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parallel play
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not playing with each other but are around others with little interaction
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associative play
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still playing separately but more interaction with other children
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cooperative play
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playing together with other children, common goals, sharing toys, working together
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overt aggression
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physical, intense aggression. involves males
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relational aggression
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harming people emotionally. generally females "you can't be my friend anymore"
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self-concept
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description of yourself, "I am tall"
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permissive parenting style
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high support, low expectations
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uninvolved parenting style
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low expectations, low support
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authoritative(good) parenting style
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read the books, discuss things with children offers alot of support
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authoritarian (bad) parenting style
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dictator, has high expectations and low support, no discussion with children, "what i say goes"
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