FAD 3220 exam 2 with correct answers
childhood obesity - Answer -causes: genetics, lack of physical activity, and unhealthy
eating patterns
-body weight is more than 20% above average
-15% of US children
nutrition - Answer -over nutrition- obesity
-nutrition related to social and emotional functioning at school
gross motor activity - Answer -minimal differences b/w genders
fine motor activity - Answer -myelin in brain increases, raises speed of electrical
impulses
manipulate objects with almost as much capability as adults (at 11/12 yrs old)
visual impairment - Answer -a difficulty in seeing that may include blindness or partial
sightedness
1/1000 requires aid for visual impairment
legally: 20/200 (not being able to see what is at 200 feet at 20ft)
partial legal: 20/70
auditory impairment - Answer -a special need that involves the loss of hearing or some
aspect of it
-impair abstract thinking
-1 to 2 % of school agers
speech impairment - Answer -speech that deviates so much from the speech of others
that it calls attention to itself, interferes w/ communication, or produces maladjustment
to the speaker
-3 to 5% of school agers
stuttering - Answer -substantial disruption in the rhythm and fluency of speech
is the most common speech impairment
(no specific cause)
-does not help to finish or correct speech
, learning disabilities - Answer -difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening,
speaking, writing, reasoning, math
-1/10 children
causes:
-unsure
-could be allergies, brain dysfunction, environmental change, poor nutrition
ADHD - Answer -a learning disorder marked by inattention, impulsiveness, low
tolerance for frustration, and a great deal of inappropriate activity
-brain show less thickening of cortex in ADHD brains
-treated with ritalin and dexadrine
acceleration - Answer -
concrete operational stage-piaget - Answer -Between 7 and 12 years of age
Characterized by active and appropriate use of logic
Logical operations applied to concrete problems
allows children to understand relationship b/w concepts like speed and time (cars
leaving same place)
still unable to think abstract
decentering - Answer -less egocentric, they can take multiple aspects of a situation into
account
reversibility - Answer -which is the notion that processes transforming a stimulus can be
reversed, returning it to its original form.
information processing approach - Answer -Increasing ability to handle information
Memory improvement
Short term memory capacity improvement
memory - Answer -the process by which information is initially recorded, stored,
retrieved
metamemory - Answer -understanding processes that under lie memory
Vygotsky's Approach - Answer -Cognitive advances occur through exposure to
information within zone of proximal development (ZPD)
-Influential in development of classroom practices
-Cooperative learning
-Reciprocal teaching
education should focus on interaction with others
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