Child Development Flashcards: Cognitive & Physical Milestones Ages 2-6

Flashcard

Learn Mode

Match

Library

Create

Flashcards

Library

Match (Coming Soon)

Psychology - Developmental Psychology

jake12testoswi Created by 10 mon ago

Cards in this deck(52)

Between ages 2 and 6, the brain grows from _____ percent to _____ percent of its adult weight, with increases particularly in areas that allow advanced language and social understanding.

A serious attempt made by a child to perform a task that is patently impossible because of the extreme differences in the size of the objects involved is known as a _____ error.

The corpus callosum has its myelination peak during _____ childhood.

According to Dr. Freud, infantile amnesia is caused by _____ infancy.

In developed countries, the most common cause of death in early childhood is _____ injury.

According to Piaget, conservation is the understanding that quantity remains the same despite the change of _____

The term used to describe young children's thinking, where they often focus on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects, is _____

Egocentrism refers to children's inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and another person's _____

Animism is the attribution of voices and giving voices to things that can't actually talk, such as _____

Classification, based on Piaget, is the ability to understand that an object can be simultaneously part of more than one _____

Nuclear families consist of only parents and children, while extended families include parents, children, and other _____ members.

Authoritative parenting involves both warmth and discipline, authoritarian focuses on obedience and physical punishment, and permissive emphasizes warmth and love with no _____

The parenting style associated with the most favorable outcomes for children by American standards is _____

The sibling conflict score tends to decrease from ages _____ to _____

The IQ gains that occur as a function of low-income children participating in the Project Head Start program typically last for _____ years.

Proposed by Freud, the Phallic stage occurs around age 4, during which children regard _____ as a major source of enjoyment.

According to the social learning theory, children's development of gender roles is driven by modeling the behavior of _____ and older children.

Kohlberg's three-stage sex-role development includes identity, stability, and _____

In Western culture, there is a greater tolerance for girls crossing category boundaries than for boys, as males are perceived to be _____ than females.

Mead's classifications of childhood social stages include lap child, knee child, and _____ child.

Instrumental aggression is when someone tries to get something from you through _____

Relational aggression involves hurting someone's social standing and is most often used by _____

Your lowest BMI was probably between the ages of _____

The relationship between BMI and percentage of body fat depends on age, gender, and _____ membership.

Compared with boys, girls have better gross motor skills that require _____

Transitivity is the understanding that if A > B and B > C, then A > _____

Theory of mind is the understanding that people have different _____ statuses.

During Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage, children demonstrate the ability to understand and apply logical operations to concrete objects and _____

The three stages of memory are sensory memory, working memory, and _____ memory.

Sensory memory is the immediate and very brief recording of sensory information in the _____ system.

Memory function in middle childhood is similar to adult-like organization and employs strategies for better _____

Long-term memory retains information over an extended period, potentially for a _____

Children in middle childhood tend to _____ their own memory ability.

Metamemory is the understanding of one's own _____

Children typically demonstrate success in Piaget's conservation tasks during the _____ operational stage.

During middle childhood, children begin to think of attention as a limited resource that must be deployed _____

The elaborative strategy in memory involves viewing the connection between new and _____ information.

Emergent literacy is the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that provide building blocks for reading and writing, while emergent numeracy is the foundation knowledge for _____

According to Piaget, books with perceptual features that can make sound, taste, touch, and provide sensory-perceptual experience are age-appropriate for children from birth to age _____

For child reading development, Stage 0 is the stage of pretend reading, such as turning the _____

The Innatist Hypothesis of Intelligence suggests that intelligence is innate, pre-determined, and we cannot _____ it.

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is most commonly utilized for both children and _____

The concept of G-Factor Intelligence, proposed by Spearman, is used to explain _____

Analytical intelligence, generally tested by IQ tests, refers to the ability to _____

Creative intelligence refers to the ability to create something new and is often associated with _____

Practical intelligence, often tested by IQ tests, refers to the ability to _____

The main idea of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory is that there are 9 different intelligences, each independent from the others, and individuals have a unique _____ of these.

The stage of psychosocial development, according to Erik Erikson, that occurs during middle childhood and involves the conflict between competence and inadequacy is known as _____ v. inferiority.

During middle childhood, self-evaluation undergoes changes such as becoming differentiated, integrated (comprehensive), and involving social _____

Baseline self-esteem tends to be the highest during _____

At the pre-conventional stage, individuals base their moral decisions on avoiding punishment and seeking personal _____

At the conventional stage, individuals begin to consider social norms, laws, and the approval of others when making moral _____

Ask Our AI Tutor

Get Instant Help with Your Questions

Need help understanding a concept or solving a problem? Type your question below, and our AI tutor will provide a personalized answer in real-time!

How it works

Ask any academic question, and our AI tutor will respond instantly with explanations, solutions, or examples.

Get Started

Browse questions and discover topic-based flashcards
Practice with engaging flashcards designed for each subject
Strengthen memory with concise, effective learning tools

Discover By Topic

Child Development Flashcards: Cognitive & Physical Milestones Ages 2-6

Related Decks