Lifespan Development Exam With Correct Answers #22
Preschool Years - correct answer 3-6 years old
Middle Childhood - correct answer 6-adolescents
Adolescence - correct answer 10-13 years
Physical Growth in Early Childhood - correct answer loss of baby fat, more slender,
body proportions become more adult like
Physical Growth in Middle Childhood - correct answer slow and steady but growing
never stops
Malnutrition is a leading cause of mortality in - correct answer DEVELOPING world
Childhood Obesity - correct answer body weight that is 20% or MORE of the average
weight for a given age and height
Today's Obesity Rates - correct answer 17% (1 in 3 children in poverty are obese)
Action items from CDC - correct answer increase physical activity
Increase fruit and veggie intake
Reduce energy-dense food and sugar consumption
Increase breastfeeding initiation and duration
Illness among preschoolers - correct answer generally a time of good health for US
preschoolers...develop empathy
Injuries - correct answer children are twice as likely to die from injuries than illness in
the preschool years
Injury Prone - correct answer high levels of physical activity, curiosity, lack of cognitive
development=lack of judgment, boys more than girls, optimistic bias, less supervised
Largest Risk - correct answer unintentional injuries
7.3/100,000 - correct answer deaths from unintentional injuries
Synaptic Blooming and Pruning - correct answer increased lateralization
Gender and culture differences emerge
Corpus collusum becomes thicker
Myelination - correct answer increased attention and concentration (executive)
Hippocampus myelination: increased memory abilities
Cerebellum: increased control over movement
, Key for FINE motor development
Prefrontal Cortex - correct answer frontal lobes -- key and related to sophisticated
information processing, key in forming the ability to increase attention and concentration
(executive control)
Brain becomes more _______ and less _______ - correct answer organized ; plastic
Relationship between DIET and EXERCISE - correct answer less exercise(more tv),
poorer diet(greater food intake) ; more exercise(less tv), better diet(less food intake)
Piaget's Preoperational Stage - correct answer stage is marked by a decrease in
reliance on sensorimotor activity for cognitive development
Centration - correct answer children concentrate on one aspect of a stimulus and ignore
other aspects
Egocentric Thought - correct answer children are unable to take the perspective of
others -- not in a selfish way
Conservation - correct answer children are unable to understand that quantity is
unrelated to physical arrangement
Animism - correct answer ascribing lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
Intuitive Thought - correct answer when you know something about the world, but you
don't know how it is you know it
Concrete Operational Thought - correct answer decentering, logical operations are used
to solve concrete problems
Decentering - correct answer less egocentric thinking, the ability to take multiple
aspects of a problem into account at the same time
Vygotsky - correct answer social and cultural aspects of learning
ZPD - correct answer level at which a child can almost, but not fully, perform a task
independently; but can do so with the assistance of someone more competent
Scaffolding - correct answer support for learning and problem solving that encourages
independence and growth -- Every Good Boy Does Fine
Cultural Tools - correct answer intellectual and conceptual framework -- actual physical
items used to solve problems
Most Important Cultural Tool - correct answer LANGUAGE -- helps with thought
Preschool Years - correct answer 3-6 years old
Middle Childhood - correct answer 6-adolescents
Adolescence - correct answer 10-13 years
Physical Growth in Early Childhood - correct answer loss of baby fat, more slender,
body proportions become more adult like
Physical Growth in Middle Childhood - correct answer slow and steady but growing
never stops
Malnutrition is a leading cause of mortality in - correct answer DEVELOPING world
Childhood Obesity - correct answer body weight that is 20% or MORE of the average
weight for a given age and height
Today's Obesity Rates - correct answer 17% (1 in 3 children in poverty are obese)
Action items from CDC - correct answer increase physical activity
Increase fruit and veggie intake
Reduce energy-dense food and sugar consumption
Increase breastfeeding initiation and duration
Illness among preschoolers - correct answer generally a time of good health for US
preschoolers...develop empathy
Injuries - correct answer children are twice as likely to die from injuries than illness in
the preschool years
Injury Prone - correct answer high levels of physical activity, curiosity, lack of cognitive
development=lack of judgment, boys more than girls, optimistic bias, less supervised
Largest Risk - correct answer unintentional injuries
7.3/100,000 - correct answer deaths from unintentional injuries
Synaptic Blooming and Pruning - correct answer increased lateralization
Gender and culture differences emerge
Corpus collusum becomes thicker
Myelination - correct answer increased attention and concentration (executive)
Hippocampus myelination: increased memory abilities
Cerebellum: increased control over movement
, Key for FINE motor development
Prefrontal Cortex - correct answer frontal lobes -- key and related to sophisticated
information processing, key in forming the ability to increase attention and concentration
(executive control)
Brain becomes more _______ and less _______ - correct answer organized ; plastic
Relationship between DIET and EXERCISE - correct answer less exercise(more tv),
poorer diet(greater food intake) ; more exercise(less tv), better diet(less food intake)
Piaget's Preoperational Stage - correct answer stage is marked by a decrease in
reliance on sensorimotor activity for cognitive development
Centration - correct answer children concentrate on one aspect of a stimulus and ignore
other aspects
Egocentric Thought - correct answer children are unable to take the perspective of
others -- not in a selfish way
Conservation - correct answer children are unable to understand that quantity is
unrelated to physical arrangement
Animism - correct answer ascribing lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
Intuitive Thought - correct answer when you know something about the world, but you
don't know how it is you know it
Concrete Operational Thought - correct answer decentering, logical operations are used
to solve concrete problems
Decentering - correct answer less egocentric thinking, the ability to take multiple
aspects of a problem into account at the same time
Vygotsky - correct answer social and cultural aspects of learning
ZPD - correct answer level at which a child can almost, but not fully, perform a task
independently; but can do so with the assistance of someone more competent
Scaffolding - correct answer support for learning and problem solving that encourages
independence and growth -- Every Good Boy Does Fine
Cultural Tools - correct answer intellectual and conceptual framework -- actual physical
items used to solve problems
Most Important Cultural Tool - correct answer LANGUAGE -- helps with thought
