Ch. 9 and 12 assignment

Ch. 9 and 12- Physical Development in Early and Middle Childhood

Due:  Monday, March 3^rd

Value: 40 points

Using your text, answer the following questions below on a word document.  You may use bullet-points to organize your answers.  Be sure to answer the question thoroughly and accurately to receive full credit. Set-up your paper in MLA format.

Chapter 9- Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood

1.     Explain how boys and girls change in appearance, height, and weight between ages 3 and 6.

2.     Describe normal sleep patterns and bedtime routines of preschoolers.

3.     What is the role of transitional objects?

4.     Identify sleep disturbances and how they should be treated.

5.     Identify causes and treatment for enuresis.

6.     What is the size of a child’s brain at the age of 3 years?

7.     Distinguish between gross and fine motor skills.

8.     Explain the term systems of action.

9.     When do children have a preference for handedness? Is handedness genetic or learned?

10. Explain the progression of children’s drawings. (include terms) What is the parent’s role?

11. Identify healthy diet foods for 3 to 6 year olds.

12. Identify the type of children who are prone to obesity. What is the role of television?

13. Identify contributors to the increasing cases of food allergies.

14. What makes children more susceptible to tooth decay?

15. Identify the leading cause of death after infancy. Include examples and preventative measures.

16. Explain the role of socioeconomic status on a child’s health.

Chapter 12- Physical Development in Middle Childhood

1.     Summarize the growth patterns of children in middle childhood and their average changes in height and weight.

2.     Summarize the tooth development of children in middle childhood.

3.     Explain the nutritional needs of children between the ages of 6 and 11 years.

4.     Identify causes of unhealthy eating at this stage.

5.     Summarize the sleep needs of 6 to 11 year olds.

6.     Identify aspects of recess-time play. Include the role of rough and tumble play.

7.     Explain the role of physical activity and its long-term health effects.

8.     Identify causes of overweight children. What is the role of television?

9.     What preventative measures and treatments are available for overweight children?

10.  Distinguish between acute and chronic medical conditions.

11.  Why have asthma rates increased?

12.  Identify causes of stuttering.

13.  Define oppositional defiant disorder.

14.  Define conduct disorder.

15.  What is school phobia? How is separation anxiety linked to it?

16.  Define social phobia.

17.  Define OCD.

18.  Identify treatment techniques for emotional disturbances.

Ch. 8 Objectives

646- Child Psychology

Ch. 8 Objectives Pgs. 204-212

Answer the following questions in your notebook using bullet-point format.

1.     Define personality, psychosocial development, and emotions

2.     How does culture influence displays of emotions? (Asian vs. American culture)

3.     What are the 1st signs of emotions?

4.     Explain the progression of smiling and laughter. Social smiling? Anticipatory smiling?

5.     Explain how emotional development is an orderly process.

6.     Emotions at birth?

7.     What are the self-conscious emotions and when do they develop?

8.     Define self-awareness.

9.     What are the self-evaluative emotions and when do they develop?

10.   Define altruistic behavior.

11.  What is empathy? How can it be seen in early infancy?

12.  What are mirror neurons?

13.  How does empathy depend on social cognition?

14.  What does Piaget say about egocentrism and the development of social cognition?

15.  Define temperament.

16.  What were the goals and set-up of the New York Longitudinal Study (Thomas and Chess)?

17.  Explain the three categories in which children were classified.

18.  How stable is temperament?

19.  Explain the goodness of fit model.

20.  What are the conclusions of the Kagan study from the text about shyness and boldness?

Ch. 8 Questions...

1. Explain the various reactions to the arrival of a baby sibling.  What factors should be considered?

2. How does attachment affect sibling relationships?

3. At what age does sibling conflict increase the most?

4. Explain the progression of sociability through the first 3 years.

5. Summarize how maternal employment affects children.

6. How do temperament and gender affect early child care?

7. What is the most important element in the quality of child care?

8. Summarize the findings from NCIHD study. (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Ch. 8- Gender Typing

In the article, Care Bears vs. Transformers, Dr. Monica Brasted claims that the media and advertising have a profound influence on gender stereotyping.  Read the article and answer the following questions to the blog. Put the answers in your OWN words. Do not plagiarize or copy and paste.

1.  How are boys and girls portrayed in advertisements?
2. Specifically, what kind of commercials are young girls in?
3. What kind of commercials are young boys in?
4. What does the author state about gender roles and the play castle advertisement.
5. How does Bandura's social learning theory relate to gender roles and the media?
6. Cite your own example about a certain toy or television ad that portrays gender stereotyping. (If you can't think of one, look it up on the internet)