Development DEP 2004 IRSC Exam 2
Questions Fully Solved.
The result of myelination on neural processing speed - Answer Increases speed and
efficiency
Activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood - Answer Hopping, jumping,
running, jungle gyms
# of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians in early childhood - Answer 11-13 hours
Short sleep duration is correlated with - Answer Overweight children
Causes and symptoms of anemia - Answer Iron deficiency and affects muscle and brain
function
Piaget's symbolic function - Answer The 1st substage of pre-operational thought. Occurs
between 2-4 yrs, child gains ability to mentally represent and object that is not present.
Piaget's Ecocentrism - Answer The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective
and someone else's.
Piaget's Animism - Answer The belief that inanimate objects have life like qualities and are
capable of action.
Piaget's Conservation - Answer The awareness that altering an object's or a substances
appearance does not change its basic properties
Piaget's Centration - Answer A centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion
of all others.
Vygotsky's Zone of proximal development - Answer Range of tasks that are too difficult for
the child to master alone but can be learned w/ guidance and assistance from adults or more
skilled children
(Vygostsky) Scaffolding - Answer Changing the level of support
, (Vygotsky) Private Speech - Answer Use of language for self regulation
Autism - Answer Diagnosed by age 3, deficits in social interaction and communication skills,
high rate of repetitive behavior,indifference toward others, caused by abnormalities in the brain
structure and neurotransmitters, and genetic factors
Emotion-coaching parents - Answer Parents monitor their child's emotions and coaches
them how to deal effectively
Emotion-Dismissing Parents - Answer Parents view their role to deny, ignore, or change
negative emotions
Empathy - Answer Ability to understand the emotions & concept of another person
Heteronomous Morality - Answer 4 - 7 years old, 1st stage of moral development. Children
think of justice and rules as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of
people
Autonomous Morality - Answer 10 yrs old and up- become aware that rules and laws are
made up by people and in judging an action they consider the actor's intentions as well as the
consequesnces
Immanent Justice - Answer The concept that if a rule is broken, punishment will be meted
out immediately.
Authoritarian Parenting - Answer A restrictive punitive style in which parents exhort their
child to follow their directions and respect their work and effort. Places firm limits and allows
little verbal exchange
Authoritative Parenting - Answer Encourages children to be independent but still places
limits on them and controls their actions. Extensive verbal give and take.
Neglectful Parenting - Answer The parent is uninvolved in the child's life leaving the child to
feel that other aspects of their parents lives are more important
Indulgent parenting - Answer Parents are highly involved but place few demands or controls
on them
Questions Fully Solved.
The result of myelination on neural processing speed - Answer Increases speed and
efficiency
Activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood - Answer Hopping, jumping,
running, jungle gyms
# of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians in early childhood - Answer 11-13 hours
Short sleep duration is correlated with - Answer Overweight children
Causes and symptoms of anemia - Answer Iron deficiency and affects muscle and brain
function
Piaget's symbolic function - Answer The 1st substage of pre-operational thought. Occurs
between 2-4 yrs, child gains ability to mentally represent and object that is not present.
Piaget's Ecocentrism - Answer The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective
and someone else's.
Piaget's Animism - Answer The belief that inanimate objects have life like qualities and are
capable of action.
Piaget's Conservation - Answer The awareness that altering an object's or a substances
appearance does not change its basic properties
Piaget's Centration - Answer A centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion
of all others.
Vygotsky's Zone of proximal development - Answer Range of tasks that are too difficult for
the child to master alone but can be learned w/ guidance and assistance from adults or more
skilled children
(Vygostsky) Scaffolding - Answer Changing the level of support
, (Vygotsky) Private Speech - Answer Use of language for self regulation
Autism - Answer Diagnosed by age 3, deficits in social interaction and communication skills,
high rate of repetitive behavior,indifference toward others, caused by abnormalities in the brain
structure and neurotransmitters, and genetic factors
Emotion-coaching parents - Answer Parents monitor their child's emotions and coaches
them how to deal effectively
Emotion-Dismissing Parents - Answer Parents view their role to deny, ignore, or change
negative emotions
Empathy - Answer Ability to understand the emotions & concept of another person
Heteronomous Morality - Answer 4 - 7 years old, 1st stage of moral development. Children
think of justice and rules as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of
people
Autonomous Morality - Answer 10 yrs old and up- become aware that rules and laws are
made up by people and in judging an action they consider the actor's intentions as well as the
consequesnces
Immanent Justice - Answer The concept that if a rule is broken, punishment will be meted
out immediately.
Authoritarian Parenting - Answer A restrictive punitive style in which parents exhort their
child to follow their directions and respect their work and effort. Places firm limits and allows
little verbal exchange
Authoritative Parenting - Answer Encourages children to be independent but still places
limits on them and controls their actions. Extensive verbal give and take.
Neglectful Parenting - Answer The parent is uninvolved in the child's life leaving the child to
feel that other aspects of their parents lives are more important
Indulgent parenting - Answer Parents are highly involved but place few demands or controls
on them
