Child Life Certification Exam with
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Emma Plank - ANSWER-In Cleveland, helped create the child life movement in the 50s
and 60s
Wrote the book "working with children in hospitals"
Mary Brooks - ANSWER-In Philadelphia, helped create the child life movement in the
50s and 60s
Skipper and Leonard (1968) - ANSWER-explored the effects of providing additional
information and support to mothers of hospitalized children
Vernon et al (1965) - ANSWER--support the belief that psychological preparation is an
effective means of reducing post-hospital upset
-found that only four of these determinants had been sufficiently investigated to warrant
summary and conclusion:
unfamiliarity of the hospital setting
separation from parents
age
prehospital experience
Kohlberg - ANSWER-described three stages of moral development which described the
process through which people learn to discriminate right from wrong to develop
increasingly sophisticated appreciations or morality
pre-conventional - ANSWER-describes children whose understanding of morality is
essentially only driven by consequences
conventional - ANSWER-describes people who act in moral ways because they believe
that following the rules is the best way to promote good personal relationships and a
healthy community
post-conventional - ANSWER-describes people whose view of morality transcend what
the rules or laws say
Kubler-Ross - ANSWER-developed the 5 stages of grief
Adler's theory - ANSWER-each of us is born into the world with a sense of inferiority
, maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANSWER-physiological, security, social, esteem and
growth/self actualization needs
deficiency needs - ANSWER-physiological, security, social and esteem needs
Growth needs / self actualization - ANSWER-maslow's highest level of the pyramid
concrete experience (CE) - ANSWER-where the learner actively experiences an
activity, such as a lab session or field work
reflective observation (RO) - ANSWER-when the learner consciously reflects back on
that experience
abstract conceptualization (AC) - ANSWER-where the learner attempts to conceptualize
a theory of what is observed
active experimentation AE - ANSWER-where the learner is trying to plan how to test a
model or theory or plan for a forthcoming experience
humanism - ANSWER-a paradigm/philosophy/pedagogical approach that believes
learning is viewed as a personal act to fulfill one's potential
cognitivism - ANSWER-essentially argues that the "black box" of the mind should be
opened and understood
constructivitism - ANSWER-worldview posits that learning is an active, constructive
process
behaviorism - ANSWER-a worldview that operates on a principle of "stimulus response"
Azarnoff and Flegal (1975) - ANSWER-discussed the importance of an outpatient play
program
Suggested the use of "scavenger hunts" in which participants are asked to locate
important hospital areas or personnel
Melamed and Siegel (1975) - ANSWER-examined the value of filmed modeling in
enhancing the preparation procedure
Klinzing and Klinzing (1977) - ANSWER-reported the success of experimental programs
through which student nurses visited homes of children prior to admission, talking with
parents and children about the forthcoming hospital experience and answering
questions as they arose
Petrillo and Sanger - ANSWER-present a series of basic guidelines for working with the
parents
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Emma Plank - ANSWER-In Cleveland, helped create the child life movement in the 50s
and 60s
Wrote the book "working with children in hospitals"
Mary Brooks - ANSWER-In Philadelphia, helped create the child life movement in the
50s and 60s
Skipper and Leonard (1968) - ANSWER-explored the effects of providing additional
information and support to mothers of hospitalized children
Vernon et al (1965) - ANSWER--support the belief that psychological preparation is an
effective means of reducing post-hospital upset
-found that only four of these determinants had been sufficiently investigated to warrant
summary and conclusion:
unfamiliarity of the hospital setting
separation from parents
age
prehospital experience
Kohlberg - ANSWER-described three stages of moral development which described the
process through which people learn to discriminate right from wrong to develop
increasingly sophisticated appreciations or morality
pre-conventional - ANSWER-describes children whose understanding of morality is
essentially only driven by consequences
conventional - ANSWER-describes people who act in moral ways because they believe
that following the rules is the best way to promote good personal relationships and a
healthy community
post-conventional - ANSWER-describes people whose view of morality transcend what
the rules or laws say
Kubler-Ross - ANSWER-developed the 5 stages of grief
Adler's theory - ANSWER-each of us is born into the world with a sense of inferiority
, maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANSWER-physiological, security, social, esteem and
growth/self actualization needs
deficiency needs - ANSWER-physiological, security, social and esteem needs
Growth needs / self actualization - ANSWER-maslow's highest level of the pyramid
concrete experience (CE) - ANSWER-where the learner actively experiences an
activity, such as a lab session or field work
reflective observation (RO) - ANSWER-when the learner consciously reflects back on
that experience
abstract conceptualization (AC) - ANSWER-where the learner attempts to conceptualize
a theory of what is observed
active experimentation AE - ANSWER-where the learner is trying to plan how to test a
model or theory or plan for a forthcoming experience
humanism - ANSWER-a paradigm/philosophy/pedagogical approach that believes
learning is viewed as a personal act to fulfill one's potential
cognitivism - ANSWER-essentially argues that the "black box" of the mind should be
opened and understood
constructivitism - ANSWER-worldview posits that learning is an active, constructive
process
behaviorism - ANSWER-a worldview that operates on a principle of "stimulus response"
Azarnoff and Flegal (1975) - ANSWER-discussed the importance of an outpatient play
program
Suggested the use of "scavenger hunts" in which participants are asked to locate
important hospital areas or personnel
Melamed and Siegel (1975) - ANSWER-examined the value of filmed modeling in
enhancing the preparation procedure
Klinzing and Klinzing (1977) - ANSWER-reported the success of experimental programs
through which student nurses visited homes of children prior to admission, talking with
parents and children about the forthcoming hospital experience and answering
questions as they arose
Petrillo and Sanger - ANSWER-present a series of basic guidelines for working with the
parents
