PSYC290N EXAM 2 WEEK 5 CHAMBERLAIN
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS
1. Most common - accident or incidents of unintentional injury are the leading cause of death
hazards for child- - drowning the most common culprit of accidental death
hood develop- -car accidents
ment
-homicide
-accidental suffocation
2. Good nutrition
in childhood will -vulnerability to disease, skeletal growth, and body shape
im- pact
3. Eating habits
in early
childhood -overweight children have become a serious health concern in our country
-a recent national study demonstrated that 45% of meals that children
consume can be considered to exceed the recommended amount of
saturated and trans fats, which can elevate both cholesterol levels and
4. Nutrition and
healthy eating increase the risk of hearty disease
patterns
improve when: -keeping children on a predictable eating schedule
-modeling nutritious food choices
5. What should
be eliminated -taking measures to makes mealtimes positive times
or minimized
dur- ing
mealtimes? Negative or distracting stimuli such as television and family tension
-this increases the focus on eating
6. John Piaget - born in Switzerland
-best know for a 4-stage theory of cognitive development
7. Piaget theory -Sensorimotor stage ( birth -2 years old )
of cognitive
devel- opment -Preoperational stage (2-7) play activities help the child to understand life
events and relationships.
-Concrete operational stage (7-11) concrete objects, logical thinking, incorpo-
,PSYC290N EXAM 2 WEEK 5 CHAMBERLAIN
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS
rates another's perspective.
-Formal operational stage - (11 and older) abstract thinking.
8. The Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 7 years of age) during which a
preopera- child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental
tional stage
operations of concrete logic
9. Under Piaget's
Being able to manipulate information or ideas mentally
framework "op-
eration" refers
to
10. Anismism The child tends to think all things as living
Ex on a windy days they may wonder why nature is angry with them
11. Egocentrism The child does not yet understand that other people may have ditterent
opinions and taste from their own
-center of attention
-personal fable ( makes them feel better then everyone else)
12. Centration The child cannot focus on multiple aspects of a problem and tends to fixate
on
one
13. Conservation There is the inability to understand that changing the form of
something does not change the mass
Ex: they will believe that a tall slender glass holds more than a short wide
one, even when the amount of fluid is the same
14. A common According to Piaget animism ( the belief that non-living thing are alive)
logical flaw
among
children in
pre-opera-
tional period
of thought
,PSYC290N EXAM 2 WEEK 5 CHAMBERLAIN
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS
1. Most common - accident or incidents of unintentional injury are the leading cause of death
hazards for child- - drowning the most common culprit of accidental death
hood develop- -car accidents
ment
-homicide
-accidental suffocation
2. Good nutrition
in childhood will -vulnerability to disease, skeletal growth, and body shape
im- pact
3. Eating habits
in early
childhood -overweight children have become a serious health concern in our country
-a recent national study demonstrated that 45% of meals that children
consume can be considered to exceed the recommended amount of
saturated and trans fats, which can elevate both cholesterol levels and
4. Nutrition and
healthy eating increase the risk of hearty disease
patterns
improve when: -keeping children on a predictable eating schedule
-modeling nutritious food choices
5. What should
be eliminated -taking measures to makes mealtimes positive times
or minimized
dur- ing
mealtimes? Negative or distracting stimuli such as television and family tension
-this increases the focus on eating
6. John Piaget - born in Switzerland
-best know for a 4-stage theory of cognitive development
7. Piaget theory -Sensorimotor stage ( birth -2 years old )
of cognitive
devel- opment -Preoperational stage (2-7) play activities help the child to understand life
events and relationships.
-Concrete operational stage (7-11) concrete objects, logical thinking, incorpo-
,PSYC290N EXAM 2 WEEK 5 CHAMBERLAIN
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS
rates another's perspective.
-Formal operational stage - (11 and older) abstract thinking.
8. The Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 7 years of age) during which a
preopera- child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental
tional stage
operations of concrete logic
9. Under Piaget's
Being able to manipulate information or ideas mentally
framework "op-
eration" refers
to
10. Anismism The child tends to think all things as living
Ex on a windy days they may wonder why nature is angry with them
11. Egocentrism The child does not yet understand that other people may have ditterent
opinions and taste from their own
-center of attention
-personal fable ( makes them feel better then everyone else)
12. Centration The child cannot focus on multiple aspects of a problem and tends to fixate
on
one
13. Conservation There is the inability to understand that changing the form of
something does not change the mass
Ex: they will believe that a tall slender glass holds more than a short wide
one, even when the amount of fluid is the same
14. A common According to Piaget animism ( the belief that non-living thing are alive)
logical flaw
among
children in
pre-opera-
tional period
of thought
,PSYC290N EXAM 2 WEEK 5 CHAMBERLAIN
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS
