Childhood Development: Weight Gain, Learning Disabilities, and Language Acquisition, Quizzes of Developmental Psychology

Download Childhood Development: Weight Gain, Learning Disabilities, and Language Acquisition and more Quizzes Developmental Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What is the cause for Weight gain in middle & late childhood? DEFINITION 1 -Increase in size of skeletal & muscular systems as well as body organs TERM 2 What is the age range for Middle & Late childhood? DEFINITION 2 -6-11 years TERM 3 What is the most common cause of injury or death? DEFINITION 3 motor vehicle accidents TERM 4 What is the 2nd leading cause of death in children 5-14 years old? DEFINITION 4 Cancer - mainly leukemia TERM 5 Who is more likely to be obese? Girls or boys? DEFINITION 5 Girls TERM 6 Children who eat with ____ _____ have better balanced diets DEFINITION 6 Their families TERM 7 Obesity is a risk factor for... DEFINITION 7 cardiacdiabeticpsychological TERM 8 Statistically, who has more diagnosis of learning disabilities boys or girls? how much more? DEFINITION 8 Boys3x more TERM 9 What is Dyslexia? DEFINITION 9 Severe impairment in the ability to read and spell TERM 10 Children with a learning disability often have difficulty in... DEFINITION 10 handwriting, spelling or composition TERM 21 Syntax DEFINITION 21 way words are combined to form acceptable phrases TERM 22 Semantics DEFINITION 22 Refers to the meaning of words and sentences TERM 23 Pragmatics DEFINITION 23 The appropriate use of languageexample - Taking turns is essential for conversation TERM 24 During Middle & late childhood children will often group a word such as dog with a noun such as cat. What does this tell us? DEFINITION 24 - This shows that older children have begun to categorize their vocabulary by parts of speech TERM 25 Metalinguistic awareness refers to DEFINITION 25 - Knowledge of language - which allows children to "think about thir language, understand what words are, and even define them." TERM 26 Children who enter elementary school with a small vocabulary... DEFINITION 26 ...are at risk of developing reading problems TERM 27 Whole-language approach to reading DEFINITION 27 Emphasizes that reading instruction should parallel childrens natural language learningReading should be connected with listening & writing skills, sciences, social studies TERM 28 Basic-skills-and-phonics approach to reading DEFINITION 28 -Emphasizes that reading should teach phonics and its basic rules for translating written symbols into sounds TERM 29 The basic-skills-and-phonics approach should only be implemented after.. DEFINITION 29 .. after they have learned the correspondence rules that relate spoken phonemes to the alphabet letters used to represent them TERM 30 What have researchers found with regards to the whole-language approach & basic-skill- phonics approach DEFINITION 30 - A combination of both approaches work best TERM 31 Bilingualism DEFINITION 31 The ability to speak two languages TERM 32 How does bilingualism correlate to a child's cognitive development DEFINITION 32 - has a positive effect TERM 33 What has researchers found with regards to immigrant children learning a new language? (2 things) DEFINITION 33 -That bilingual education is best-1. that children have difficulty learning a subject when it is taught in a language they do not understand2. When both languages are integrated in the classroom, children learn the second language more readily and participate more actively TERM 34 How long does it take for immigrant children to develop speaking proficiency? DEFINITION 34 -3 to 5 years TERM 35 How long does it take for immigrant children to develop reading proficiency in English? DEFINITION 35 -7 years