ED 111 Midterm || with 100% Verified Solutions.
Interpreting Math US: correct answers Learning/memorizing practicing procedures
- focus is on developing strategies --> learn the right strategies, and come up with the right
solutions
- error free
Interpreting Math Japan: correct answers Structured problem solving for students
- focus is on allowing students to trying out different solutions and then discussing which method
seemed to work best
- requires struggle
nature correct answers Inherited biological characteristics
- physical appearance, prone personality
nurture correct answers Environmental conditions that influence development
- culture, social relationships, education, upbringing
mix correct answers schizophrenia onset, height
Universality correct answers What aspects of development are universal (common to all
children)?
- Learning to walk or talk, puberty, memory
Diversity correct answers What experiences lead to diverse outcomes?
- Emotional development and social development can reflect very diverse growth from child to
child, as well as some physical diversity in regards to height or weight., memory
Quantitative correct answers Continuous process of small changes
- height, walking to running
Qualitative correct answers Progression through distinct stages; You must progress through one
stage to get to another
- language, math
Sensitive period correct answers Certain types of experiences in a window of time are optimal
for development to occur
- Age, accent, experiences in 2nd language development before age 6
Critical period correct answers Certain types of experiences in a window of time are necessary
for development to occur
- Congenital cataracts (blurry eyes)
Piaget's Theory correct answers Children play an active role in their own development. This
influences change in their thinking processes
--> all children pass through a number of universal stages of cognitive development
, Vgotsky's Theory correct answers Learning is embedded within social events
Children's thinking processes are enriched by their social interactions with others (more
knowledgable peers and adults)
--> cognitive development varies across cultures
Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory correct answers development isembedded in multiple
contexts
1. You
2. Microsystem (family, school, peers, work, church)
3. Mesosystem (family, school, peers, work, church)
4. Exosystem (Economic, political, education, government)
5. Macrosystem (Overarching beliefs and values)
6. Chronosystem (Dimension of time)
Premature births correct answers Babies born before 37 weeks, less than 5.5
- Age, Genetics, Infections, Defects, Pregnancy complications (anatomy + chronic stress, trauma,
anxiety early in pregnancy)
African American premature births correct answers No effects of income and education, or
genetics
--> Racial discrimination experienced by black mothers during their lifetime
Latina mothers have the same stressors, but healthy babies... correct answers - high levels of
social support
- less likely to engage in risky behaviors such as illicit drug use and smoking
Innate reflexes correct answers - rooting reflex (turn head when face touched)
- Grasping reflex (grasp thumb)
- Moro reflex (fling legs and bring arms back when feel like being dropped)
- Stepping reflex (as if walking on surface)
Low birth weight correct answers 1) ALCOHOL
2) opioids, nicotine, meth, cocaine
Colors/patterns correct answers - They recognize frequently heard sounds, including their
mothers' voice
- Smell is one of their most strongest senses
- They can see objects about 8 - 12 inches away
- Newborns love to look at faces especially areas of contrast like the hairline and eyes
Gross motor skills correct answers Large movements of the body that permit locomotion
- Cephalocaudal trend = Move head, then shoulders, then roll, crawl and finally walk by 1 year
Fine motor skills correct answers Skills that involve small body movements, primarily with the
hands
