Flashcards: Child Dev. Infant test
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Created by:
mrsdonnellysfacs on December 11, 2008
Subjects:
child development, infant, ch. 5
Description:
Test on caring for a baby, shaken baby, SIDS, Ch. 5 (physical, cognitive, social development of infants and toddlers)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Reflexes | An automatic body response to a stimulus. |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (death of a healthy infant). |
| Physical Development | Physical body changes in a growing child. |
| Gross (large) Motor | Movement of large muscles (running, jumping, climbing, walking) |
| Fine (small) Motor | Movement of small muscles (writing, puzzles, stringing beads, grasping) |
| Cognitive Development | Growth in the mental processes used to gain knowledge (thought, reasoning, imagination) |
| Social Development | Learning to relate to others. |
| Attachment | The strong emotional connection that develops between people. |
| Shaken Baby Syndrome | Violent shaking of a child that results in injury or death. |
| Rule of 10 | When frustrated with a baby. Put them down in a safe place, get 10 feet away, take 10 deep breaths, check on in 10 minutes. Doing this prevents Shaken Baby Syndrome |
| Separation Anxiety | A child's difficulty in separating from parents. |
| Object Permanence | An understanding that objects continue to exist even if a person cannot see them. |
| Motor Sequence | Order in which a child is able to perform new movements (sitting, crawling, walking). |
| Infant | A child from birth through the first year of life. |
| Toddler | A child from the first year until the third birthday. |
| Preschooler | A child from three to six years (pre-kindergarten) |