Exam 2- Child development

Development Theories

  1. When a child is reinforced for acting on the environment

    1. Operant Conditioning

  2. The 3 domains of development

    1. Physical, Cognitive, Social/ Emotional

  3. The theorist who created the Macrosystem

    1. Brofenbrenner

  4. When a child is at a sensitive period for learning something with the help of another

    1. Zone of Proximal Development

  5. This theorist believed children construct knowledge by interacting with their environment

    1. Piaget

Research

  1. This type of research primarily using numeric data

    1. Quantitative

  2. Research is conducted by using this

    1. The Scientific Method

  3. Keeping Children’s personal information confidential during research is one of these

    1. An ethical consideration

  4. This group oversees and approves research at universities

    1. Institutional Review Board (IRB)

  5. Most research studies include experimental groups and these

    1. Control groups

Childbirth

  1. The cervix relaxes and thins out during this stage of childbirth

    1. Stage 1

  2. The most common type of pain relief in a medicated birth

    1. Epidural

  3. Uterine contractions get stronger and the baby is born at this stage of childbirth

    1. Stage 2

  4. This person may be at the birth to offer emotional support and coaching

    1. Doula

  5. If these are birth complications, this may be placed on baby’s head to help with delivery

    1. Vacuum Extractor

Newborns

  1. This scale assesses the health of the newborn

    1. APGAR

  2. Environmental toxins that can cause birth defects

    1. Teratogens

  3. The least developed sense in newborns

    1. Vision

  4. This can include skin to skin contact with a newborn

    1. Bonding

  5. This is when a newborn cries for no obvious reason

    1. Colic

All the rest

  1. This is square is used to determine genetic probability of a trait

    1. Punnett

  2. The prenatal stage lasts about 9 days and includes fertilization

    1. Germinal stage

  3. Brofenbrenner’s __________ system has the greatest impact on a child

    1. Micro

  4. This part of the APGAR scale assesses a newborn’s reaction to stimulus

    1. Grimace

  5. This is a child’s ability to adapt to difficult circumstances

    1. Resilience


Quiz

  1. Mental health is a developmental domain

    1. False- The three are Physical, Cognitive, social & emotional

  2. Emotional stress can have an impact on prenatal development

    1. True

  3. There are 5 stages of childbirth

    1. False- There are 3 stages

  4. Touch is the least developed sense at birth

    1. False - it is vision

  5. Oxytocin is a “feel good” hormone that promotes bonding

    1. True

  6. Colic is a newborn reflex

    1. False- it is a condition of constant crying

  7. The APGAR scale assesses prenatal development

    1. False - after baby is born/ newborn health

  8. A teratogen can cause birth defects

    1. True

  9. The placenta supports the embryo

    1. True

  10. Epidural is an example of fetal monitoring

    1. False- it is a medication that is used when giving birth