Child Development Review

Flashcards about child development, theories, and related topics.

Explain toxic stress and the effects it can have (list 2).

The prolonged activation of the body's stress response that can lead to long-term behavior issues, health complications, and diseases. Examples include adolescent addiction and poor mental health as children age.

What does ACE's stand for?

Adverse Childhood Experiences

What does FCCLA stand for?

Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America

What are values?

A person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

What is culture?

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

What is the definition of child development?

A sequence of physical, language, thought, and emotional changes that occur in a child from birth to the beginning of adulthood.

Explain the difference between an internship and apprenticeship.

An internship is work done by a student or trainee in an organization to gain work experience. An apprenticeship is an arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job from the direction of another.

Explain the difference between an associates degree and a bachelor's degree.

An associates degree is a degree granted after a two-year course of study. A bachelor's degree is a degree awarded by a college or university after undergraduate studies.

Name 3 different signs of pregnancy.

Missed menstruation, Fatigue, Frequent urination.

What is conception?

The joining of a sperm and egg, also known as fertilization

What are 2 examples of environmental toxins?

Pollution and X-rays

Signs of labor-List the 6 different signs of labor.

Lightening, Effacement, Dilation, Bloody show, Amniotic sac ruptures, Contractions begin by tightening and relaxing of the uterus muscles in a consistent pattern.

Executive function relies on what 3 types of brain functions?

Working memory, mental flexibility, self control

Name two different types of development

Cephalocaudal (head to toe) and proximodistal (near to far)