STUDY GUIDE FOR SEMESTER TEST IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT NAME: ______
1. What is the main developmental task going on in each of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters?
2. What do we call the developing baby during the 1st week? 2nd-8th week? 9th-36th week?
3. What are the cheesy AND the hair-like coverings on the unborn baby called?
4. How many chromosomes does the fertilized egg have?
5. What is the function of the chorionic villi?
6. What are fontanels?
7. What is the moment that fertilization occurs called?
8. What is the difference between fraternal and identical twins? Do identical twins have identical DNA and fingerprints?
9. What are the 5 areas scored on the APGAR?
10. Is a score of 8-10 on the APGAR poor or good?
11. Jaundice is caused by too much bilirubin. Where does it come from?
12. What are Mongolian Spots? Acrocyanosis? Jaundice coloring? Mottling?
13. What is the weight and length of an average newborn?
14. What is the most likely cause of Reactive Attachment Disorder?
15. What is the most likely cause of postpartum depression?
16. What are stork bites?
17. Is there any evidence to support the importance of bonding and engrossment?
18. Describe Moro Response, Babiniski Reflex, Tonic Neck Reflex, and Palmer/Plantar Grasp Reflex.
19. What is an amniocentesis?
20. What does the term CONGENITAL mean?
21. What birth defects are characterized by…
Port-wine stains or tumor-type growths? Red blood cells that do not carry the proper amount of oxygen? Improper closure of the backbone? Long limbs, heart problems, and spider-like fingers? An extra 21st chromosome? It’s origin is most likely an injury during birth? You aren’t born with it, but are born with a genetic predisposition to get it? Water accumulates on the brain (and what type of pump can remove it?)? A split lip and roof of the mouth? Learning disabilities and distinct facial features caused by drinking? Little people? Thick and sticky mucous that clogs the lungs and pancreatic ducts? What is the term, such as in muscular dystrophy, that means “gets worse over time”?
22. How many hours of sleep does an infant require per day?
23. How do you check the temperature of baby’s bottle? Bath water?
24. What is the difference between vomiting and spitting up?
25. How often should you introduce a new baby food?
26. What does the color “blue” indicate in babies?
27. What are “milia”, cradle cap, a circumcision, curds in the baby’s stools, a pre-baby tooth, and colic?
28. How do you care for the umbilical stump, baby’s constipation, or baby’s eyes?
29. What laundry product causes baby’s stuffy nose and should be avoided? How do you clean out the nose?
30. How do you check for anemia?
31. How can diarrhea be life-threatening?
32. What medication is linked to Reye Syndrome?
33. How high is “too high” when talking about baby’s fever?
34. When baby has diarrhea, what food item do you take away, and for how long? What are the 4 foods in the BRAT diet?
35. What is the rule about “how often do you bottle feed the baby?”
36. What is FAILURE TO THRIVE?
37. What is the leading cause of death in infants under the age of 1? What causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? What is positional molding? What is Shaken Baby Syndrome?
38. How far do boys often lag behind girls in development?
39. How much vigorous physical exercise do children need every day?
40. What are cephalo-caudal, proximal-distal, and simple-to-complex patterns of development?
41. Define balance, coordination, gross and fine motor movements.
42. What is the difference between eye-hand coordination and depth perception?
43. When will an infant most likely start crawling? (landmark development age)
44. What is the difference between galloping and skipping?
45. Is “marking time” or “alternating feet” more advanced? Is a “mitten grasp” or “thumb-finger opposition” more advanced?
46. What is the term that means “no known cause”?
47. What is an improper curvature of the spine called? What is the weight limitation on backpacks for teenagers?
48. What is sibling rivalry?
49. What fears come first, second, etc? Being left out of the group…monsters…war or divorce or death…strangers
50. Classic emotional struggle of growing up…leaving the ______of childhood for the ______of adulthood
51. What is the difference between nightmares and night terrors?
52. What is symbolic representation?
53. ______are learned; ______are achieved.
54. To help children learn to control their own behavior is the ultimate goal of ______.
55. What is CORPORAL punishment?
56. Name the 5 levels of the Pyramid of Human Needs in order from bottom to top.
57. What is the rule about length of time for “time out”?
58. What are the 3 types of play?
59. List the 6 stages of social participation (play) in order.
60. Who developed… the pyramid of human needs, many theories on discipline including “conditioning”, the most renowned IQ test, the 4 part theory on cognitive development including sensorimotor and operational stages, theories on personality and temperament, the 3-part theory of human behavior including the id and ego, theories on birth order, and a taxonomy of assessments?
61. What type of rewards can and cannot be seen?
62. What are neurons and synapses?
63. What are the 4 levels of mental handicap?
64. What is the correct term for bedwetting?
65. What is the first secretion from the mother’s breast, that contains immunities?
66. Define “learning disability”?
67. Which of the following diseases involve a rash? Diphtheria, measles, chicken pox, rubella, measles, 5ths Disease?
68. How can you tell if a toy is too small to give to a toddler?
69. Name the 5 steps of a lesson plan in order.
70. Short Essay: Describe how you might use any one intellectual development task studied in this class, naming the educational psychologist and the “test” and briefly describe how it is administered and scored, and what it could be used for. (Piaget’s House-Tree Task, Witkin’s Embedded Figures Task, Kagan’s Matching Bears Task, etc.)