Children become slimer at age 5 then at any other age in the entire life span

Each Year from age 2-6, well nurished children add almost how many inches and FT.

Many... Families over the centuries encourged their children to eat so they would have ... to protect them from?

Obsessive/ Complsive phase of development

Ex. Have things done in a certin way, and preference of certin food.

Occurs during this age (A fatty coating on the axons); this speeds signals between neurons allowing speed in several areas of development.

Myelination

Ex Catch and throw a ball, Listen & answer.

A long based of nerve fibers that connect the left and right hempisheres of the brain

Literally sideness, the specializationin certin functions, with one side dominant for each activity. The left side controls the right, and the right side controls and left.

Maturation of prefrontal cortex evident in several benefits.

(Prefrontel Cortex is not mature until age 25)

1.Sleep becomes more regular

2.Emotions become more nuanced & responsive to specific stimuli.

3. Temper tantrums subside.

4.uncontrollable laughter or tears become less common.

Process of memory, especially memory of locations-responds to amygdale fears and anxieties with memory.

Produces Hormones dependent on messages it receives from amygdale and hippocampus

4 yrs. Feed self, and brush teeth

5 yrs. Clap, and sing

6yrs. Tie shoes, and ride a bike

Difference between Gross motor skills and fine motor skill?

Gross- larger body movement

Fine- Small body movement

This age group is not self-criticalusually- very creative and expressive.

Action that is harmful to a child's physical, emotional, or sexual.

Disorganized type of attachment is often a sign of abuse or neglect.

Some Characteristics or disorganized attachment?

Abuse- Because the Child

Or

May not feel secure.

Childhood obesity, children play outside less then they did is the past and need less calories.

Stage 2- Language and imagination(Preoperational child thinking is magical, self centered) but no capable of logical thinking.

obstacles to logical operations

1.Centration- Focus on only one aspect of a situation.

2. Focus on apperdance- a thing is whatever it apperas to be.

3.Static reasoning- the world is unchanging.

4. Irreversiblity- failure to recgonice that reversing a process sometimes restores whatever existed.

a person who cognition is stimulated and directed by older and more skilled member of society.

Process by which people learn from others who guide their experience

skills that only a perosn can exercise only with assistance

1. internal talking to oneself

2.social interctions through language promote learning.

Kind of mentalk map for figuering out what category would belong to, children often adding new voc.

Learning how and when to express emotions.

1. parent tending to child

2. not being allowed to show emotion

Initiative vs. guilt

Initative means going after a goal, however if striving to initiate are not reinforced,feelings of guilt

Belief's in ones own ability, personal estimate of sucess and worthyness