CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (CGDR)
DCF EXAM INFORMATION QUESTIONS AND
1. Formal Operations: 11 and up, can reason in hypothetical situations, abstract
thought.
2. Theory: A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scien-
tific study
3. Initiative vs. guilt: Preschool
4. 7-11 years old: Concrete operational
child stops being ego centric
Jean Piaget's
5. piaget's theory: 4 cognitive stages through which individuals actively construct
their understanding of the world
Formal Operations Age (11 + )
6. rates: All children develop at their
own
7. level 2: safety and security
Transportation, neighborhood, safe relationships, and childcare
8. trust vs mistrust: infant
9. temperament: personality component that ranges from very calm to very exitable
10. Maslow's hierarchy: Hierarchy of needs. Predicts needs we will be motivated
to satisfy first.
biological needs to sustain life
(ex) food, clothing, air, shelter, employment, health care
11. Growth: refers to specific body changes and increases in child's size; such as
child's weight, height, head circumference, and body mass index.
12. Development: refers to an increase in complexity, a change from relatively
simple to more complicated.
13. Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development: this theory sug-
gests that a child can perform a task under adult guidance, or with peer collaboration,
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, that he/she could not achieve alone.
14. Pre-operational: 2-7 years old: children are bound by what they experience
directly and not by what they think.
15. self-esteem ("My needs will be met. " I am worthy of this person's atten-
tion"): Security
16. Children learn through sensory perception and motor activity.: Sensorimo-
tor: 0-2 years old
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DCF EXAM INFORMATION QUESTIONS AND
1. Formal Operations: 11 and up, can reason in hypothetical situations, abstract
thought.
2. Theory: A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scien-
tific study
3. Initiative vs. guilt: Preschool
4. 7-11 years old: Concrete operational
child stops being ego centric
Jean Piaget's
5. piaget's theory: 4 cognitive stages through which individuals actively construct
their understanding of the world
Formal Operations Age (11 + )
6. rates: All children develop at their
own
7. level 2: safety and security
Transportation, neighborhood, safe relationships, and childcare
8. trust vs mistrust: infant
9. temperament: personality component that ranges from very calm to very exitable
10. Maslow's hierarchy: Hierarchy of needs. Predicts needs we will be motivated
to satisfy first.
biological needs to sustain life
(ex) food, clothing, air, shelter, employment, health care
11. Growth: refers to specific body changes and increases in child's size; such as
child's weight, height, head circumference, and body mass index.
12. Development: refers to an increase in complexity, a change from relatively
simple to more complicated.
13. Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development: this theory sug-
gests that a child can perform a task under adult guidance, or with peer collaboration,
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, that he/she could not achieve alone.
14. Pre-operational: 2-7 years old: children are bound by what they experience
directly and not by what they think.
15. self-esteem ("My needs will be met. " I am worthy of this person's atten-
tion"): Security
16. Children learn through sensory perception and motor activity.: Sensorimo-
tor: 0-2 years old
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