Seniors- Final Exam Prep

Child Psychology- 646

Miss Albanese

Final Exam Review

The exam will include objective questions, fill-ins, and short essays

Chapters 7-10

Includes text and information from notes

Note: The chapter on language included information from a few chapters- the pages are included on this sheet.

Chapter 12- p. 297-302

Chapter 13- p. 313-317; p. 335-336

Chapter 7

1. Define learning
2. Identify the behaviorist, psychometric, and Piagetian approach
3. Be able to identify the parts and characteristics of the classical conditioning model
4. Be able to identify the parts and characteristics of the operant conditioning model.
5. Explain the difference in intelligence testing for infants and preschoolers.
6. Aspects of infant memory; Rovee-Collier mobile study
7. Infantile amnesia
8. What is the correlation of socioeconomic status and IQ?
9. What is HOME and how does it rate families?
10. Explain the acceptance of Piaget’s theories
11. What is early intervention?
12. What are characteristics of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage?
13. What is the progression of object permanence throughout the substages?
14. Describe Piaget’s 6^th substage
15. Identify Pavlov, Skinner, Binet, Vygotsky
16. Define: Sensorimotor period; Piaget; Schemes; Operations; Circular Reactions; Adaptation; Symbolic Representation; Representational ability; Invisible imitation; Deferred imitation; Object permanence; Habituation; Visual references; Guided participation; cross-modal transfer; violation of expectations
17. Newer approaches to studying cognitive development—information-processing approach, cognitive neuroscience approach, social-contextual approach
18. Distinguish between explicit, implicit, and working memory

Language- several chapters

Ch 7 p. 165-174

Ch. 10 p. 246-251

Ch. 13 p. 325-328; 335-336

19. Define: Prelinguistic speech; linguistic stage; holophrases; telegraphic sentence; babbling; cooing; overextension; underextension; television and language; Chomsky’s Theory; Language acquisition device; code mixing; Fast mapping; Whole language approach; phonics; bilingualism; recasting; word coinage; simultaneous acquisition; emergent literacy; sequential acquisition; overregularization; telegraphic speech; receptive language; naming explosion
20. At what age do children no longer distinguish between sounds in another language?
21. Characteristics of parentese
22. When are children first receptive to language?
23. Why aren’t a child’s first sentences random?
24. Characteristics of Genie’s language development
25. What is the nature-nurture debate of learning language.
26. Explain what is known about crying in reference to communication.
27. List behaviors of parents that will help a child develop language.
28. What are the results of reading to a child?
29. What is the prognosis of an individual who gets their left hemisphere removed?
30. Bilingual education, dual-language learning, ESL programs

Chapter 8- Emotional Development in the first few years of life

31. What have researchers found about infants and emotions?
32. Is the process of emotional development an orderly one?
33. List emotions that are present in an 8 month old child.
34. What is Dr. Izard’s coding system for understanding emotions?
35. Define: temperament; Easy child; slow to warm up child; difficult child; goodness of fit; stranger anxiety; separation anxiety (when does it occur?)
36. Results of the Thomas and Chess study
37. Explain Dr. Kagan’s belief that emotions are biologically linked
38. Define self-awareness; when does it develop?
39. What is situational and committed compliance? Name factors that may cause each to develop.
40. The link between a child’s attachment and their independence.
41. Tronick study; Spitz study; Freedman study; Greenspan study
42. What is gender-typing? When is it fostered the most?
43. Erik Erikson’s first crisis- Basic trust vs mistrust. Why? What virtue?
44. Second crisis- Autonomy vs. shame and doubt; age? Why? Virtue?
45. Define attachment; secure, avoidant, ambivalent, disorganized-disoriented
46. How did Mary Ainsworth set up the strange situation lab?
47. Define social referencing
48. Why do the terrible twos occur?
49. When is sibling rivalry more prevalent?

Chapter 9 & 12

50. Explain how physical development from 3-6 years differs from infancy.
51. Gross motor skills vs fine motor skills
52. What should parents do to encourage a preschooler’s healthy eating habits?
53. Define transitional object and what researchers have found about children who have them.
54. Explain the types of motor skills a preschooler has.
55. What are some health problems of poor children?
56. What is the youngest age children should be allowed to participate in organized sports?

Chapter 10 and 13

57. Define: Symbolic function; understanding of identities; classification; Conservation; Understanding of numbers; Irreversibility; Transductive reasoning; Animism; Egocentrism; Centration; Class inclusion; Seriation; Transitive inference; theory of mind; realism; social cognition; map space; action space; zone of proximal development
58. Characteristics of the preoperational stage
59. When can children classify by color or shape?
60. Understanding of 3 concepts of death
61. Piaget’s 3-mountain task- egocentrism
62. Seriation experiment: when can children place 10 sticks successfully?
63. How many principles of counting are there? Stable-order principle; one-to-one principle; partitioning error; coordination error; cardinality principle
64. What have researchers found about children and development of theory of mind? How does it relate to social cognition?
65. Understanding of appearance vs reality
66. What is Project Head Start?
67. Type of schooling in Japan? Russia? U.S?
68. Purpose and results of the death in Disney films study?

Seniors- Final Presentations

Over all, the 4th quarter presentations were well-executed and of course, entertaining. Here are a few general comments and observations..

1. The "better" presentations were had a theme that was present throughout the project, which made it exciting for the child and the class.

2. The "better" presentations did not use too many questioning techniques, but rather they involved some class participation and a lot of hands-on activities for the child.

3. The purpose of the projects was not to point out observations you made about the child, but to set up and initiate activities using many additional materials.

The rubrics will break down your final grade for you. Thank you for all the enjoyable presentations. I hope it was an interesting and informative way to end your senior year.

Seniors- A Class Divided

In 1968 Jane Elliot of Ricetown, Iowa was supposed to teach a Sioux Indian lesson to her third grade class with the prayer "Help me not judge a person until I have walked in his shoes." However, the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated, she decided her students needed a life-long lesson. As a result, her brown eyes, blue eyes experiment taught her third graders an influential lesson on discrimination. Hopefully, it was an eye-opening program for you seniors to watch.

Choose one of the following questions and write a one page typed response, citing specific examples from the program. Click here if you need to watch it again.

1. What did you learn from the program? What scenes do you remember the most? Did any part of the film surprise you?

2. How did the negative and positive labels placed on the group become self-fulfilling prophecies? Be sure to discuss the children's body language.

3. How did Jane Elliot's discrimination create no-win situations for those placed in the inferior group? How did she selectively interpret behavior to conform the stereotypes she assigned?

The Holocaust

Antisemitism began in Germany in 1933. 9 million Jews lived across European countries that would eventually be taken over by Germany. 6 million Jews died by 1945. That means 2 out of every 3 Jews perished from Nazi genocide.

Your task is to read about the Nazi rule, Jews in prewar Germany, the "Final Solution", Nazi concentration camps, and rescue from the camps. To do this, visit the official site of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/

Answer all questions on a WORD DOCUMENT

1. Under the Nazi Rule section, read about why the Nazis also directed their hatred towards handicapped individuals, titled The Murder of the Handicapped. Summarize 5 key facts from this section.

2. Under the Jews in Prewar Germany section, read about the Nuremberg Laws, titled the Nuremberg Race Laws. Summarize 5 key facts from this section.

3. Explain what happened during the "Final Solution." Bullet point the process.

4. Read about the background to Auschwitz, the largest concentration camp established by the Germans. Explain the setting of the camp, daily life in the camp, impossible escapes, and longevity of prisoners.

5. The Soviet solders were the first to liberate Jews from the camps in 1944. Read about the liberation experience faced by the Allied soldiers, what they saw, and the reaction by the survivors. Summarize 5 key points.

6. Look at all 3 pages of photographs on the site. Choose the photograph that stands out to you the most. Identify the photograph and be sure to state your reasons why it "caught your eye."

7. View 3 testimonies of individuals who experienced the Holocaust. (you don't need to write anything for this)

8. Lastly, browse away from the Holocaust website to find other acts of genocide (look up this word if you don't know what it means). The term genocide didn't officially exist until the 1940's, so you may need to alter your search words to find examples pre-1940. Use any credible source to find your answer.

Seniors- Language Development

REMINDER: Language quiz #2 TOMORROW- pgs 246-251 (you have objectives for this),
325-328, 335-336

Today you will read 3 current articles that relate to language development. You will be responsible for the information obtained on the next test. The langauge test will be on THURSDAY of this week.

Answer these opinion questions FIRST. The questions are a precursor to the articles you will read. Use at least 4-5 sentences for each question.

1. Should America push for more bilingual opportunities in the formative years? Is America falling behind the rest of the world?

2. How can parents influence language development during the child’s prelinguistic stage?.

3. Do you think TV programs (like Sesame Street) that try to promote language development work? Explain why or why not.

SECOND, summarize the main points and significant findings of the 3 articles below. Be sure to include the purpose, set-up and results of any studies mentioned. Use 5-6 sentences for each article.

4. Bilingualism Good for the Brain, Researchers Say

5. From Birth, Engage Your Child With Talk

6. Baby Wordsworth Babies: Not Exactly Wordy

Sophs- Hawaii's Last Queen

After watching the film, "Hawaii's Last Queen," you should have a better understanding of imperialism and the motives that cause strong nations to overpower weaker nations. You saw Queen Liliuokalini's unsuccessful struggle to keep her Hawaiian people independent of foreign rule. You witnessed her faith in the American government as she gave up her throne with optimistic thoughts that her power would be restored in the near future. As we know, this was not the case. Hawaii was annexed as an American territory in 1898 and eventually became the 50th state in 1959.

In your reflection of the film, give a response with a summary (paragraph length) describing how Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii. Be sure to include specific details about the missionaries, Queen Liliuokalini's childhood, foreign influences on Hawaiian culture, etc. Use your video question sheet and answers to help with this paragraph.

In addition, write a short paragraph on the way the story was portrayed through the Queen's perspective. You often heard excerpts from her diary that described her thoughts and feelings. Was this an effective way to tell the story? Do you think the program tried to persuade viewers to sympathize with the Hawaiian queen and people? Be specific in your argument.

Sophs- Political Cartoons

Political cartoons have influenced public opinion since the mid 1800s. They contain symbolism, caricatures, and imagery to express a political viewpoint. In class this week, we learned about one of the most famous cartoonists, Thomas Nast, whose cartoons exposed the corruption of Boss William Tweed. Nast's cartoons were especially significant because immigrants and poor illiterates were able to understand the meaning of the cartoon.

Now, let's look at several current political cartoons from the week of February 21st, 2011. Like Thomas Nast's progressive cartoons, all of the cartoons below have a purpose. Every symbol is purposefully included and every word and character has a meaning.

You must CHOOSE ONE of the following cartoons to analyze. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Identify the objects or people you see in the cartoon. 1-2 SENTENCES.

2. Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. 1 SENTENCE

3. Identify any symbols and their meaning. 2-3 SENTENCES.

4. Describe the action taking place. 3+ SENTENCES.

5. What is the background information of this cartoon? You must do some research in the news to answer this question. This should be at least 7-8 SENTENCES.

6. Explain the message of the cartoon. 3 SENTENCES.

Political Cartoons Options

Sophs- Transcontinental Railroad

Post Civil War America (1865-1900) was on the brink of many changes. Perhaps the biggest role in changing America at this time was the rise of technology and new innovations. Industry will boom, people will migrate, and the economy will be forever influenced. One particular advancement, the transcontinental railroad, linked east to west and opened up numerous opportunities and

Read this article about the transcontinental railroad and answer the following questions.

1. What were the names of the 2 companies that built the railroad? In which directions did they build? What was the time of completion?

2. Who were the workers on the railroad? Be specific?

3. What was the viewpoint about the Plains Indians?

4. Identify 3 effects of the transcontinental railroad on American life.

Seniors- Ch. 6 Infant/Toddler Safety

646- Child Psychology

Infant/Toddler Safety Ages 0-3 years

Topics

Car(seat) safety

House safety (baby-proofing)

Toy safety

Babysitting safety

Mall/public safety (Amber alert)

Pet safety

Playground equipment safety

SIDS research

Immunizations

Requirements

- Identify safety techniques/precautions for your chosen topic.

- Create a 10 slide powerpoint presentation (including title and article slide) to share with the class.

- Your slides must contain bullet point information, which is then expanded on through your explanations.

- Knowledge about your topic and eye contact is a must

- Find a newspaper article about your safety topic.

o Type in key words to google search, then click news

o Search newspaper archives

- Summarize the article on your 10^th slide. Be sure to include the link to the article so I can view it.

- Drop all finished powerpoints in my Hobbes folder

o Save to desktop

o Open Hobbes

o Go to drop folders

o Double click social studies

o Drag and drop your ppt to my name

Sophs- Civil War

To further research the Civil War, you will work in a group of 4 students. Each student will have a different task to complete the assignment. Use chapter 11 of your text as your first source for information, then explore various credible (.edu,org) websites (not wikipedia). Here are the different tasks...

1. Reporter: You will act as a news reporter and write a news story about the impact of industry and technology during the Civil War. Especially focus on the industry boom in the North, the impact of the railroad, and the telegraph. Length- 1 page double spaced Times New Roman. Include a catchy newspaper headline. You may also include a small picture that relates to the topic.

2. Historian: You will make a timeline of 10 events or battles that occurred during the Civil War. Include brief descriptions (a few sentences) about each event. Include the specific dates. Use color. This should be neat and organized.
Include the following
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- Battle of Antietam
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Passage of 13th amendment
- Confederacy surrenders
- Battle of Vicksburg
- 54th Massachusetts regiment attack on Fort Wagner
- The Gettysburg Address
- Lincoln's assassination

3. Illustrator: You will draw a map of the states. Provide a color-coded key to label the Union and Confederacy states, key battles, and major cities. Label at least 5 key battle sites on the map. Label key cities on the map. Also include a picture of the Union and Confederate flags. This will be 3 separate pages.

4. Biographer: You will explain the contributions of important people from the time period. Explain their importance during the Civil War era. Create a 10 slide powerpoint with bullet points. (2 slides each person) Include a small picture of each person on the first slide. Focus primarily on their impact during the Civil War time period. Over all, you should have at least 10 bullet points about each person.
- General Robert E. Lee
- General Ulysses S. Grant
- Colonel Robert Shaw
- President Abraham Lincoln
- General George McClellan

Sophs- Antebellum America- Slavery

Read the article, The Pre-Civil War South: The South's Economy, and answer the following questions...

1. What negative impact did slavery have on the South's economy?

2. How did the South's urban centers compare to those of the North?

3. Why were southern cities smaller?

4. Why was transportation primitive in the South?

5. How did slave ownership change in the decade before the Civil War?

Ch. 5 Test Review

Child Psychology- 646

Ch. 5 Study Guide

Part I: Objective

Part II: Defining key terms

Part III: Short Answers

All notes

Read Ch. 5

Ch. 5 Objective questions

Topics:

- neonatal period

- Anoxia; meconium

- Braxton-Hicks; labor contractions

- Ferdinand Lamaze; Dick-Read

- Low birth weight; Average birth weight; Small for date

- Presentation (positions of the baby)

- Lanugo; vernix caseosa; fontanels

- Postmature; prematurity

- stages of birth

- Apgar scale

- Electronic fetal monitoring; Assisted delivery techniques

- Natural childbirth; Mediated delivery; Cesarean section

- Postpartum illness

- Kauai longitudinal study

- Imprinting; mother-infant bond State of arousal

- Doula; Midwife

- What starts labor

- Impact on family

- kangaroo care

- electronic fetal monitoring

- 3 degrees of postpartum illness

- first weeks at home with a newborn


Chapter 5 review

Click here to do the online multiple choice, true/false and fill in the blank practice tests.

Report your score to me when you finish each test.

Seniors- Parenting Magazine

Pretend you are a writer for Parenting magazine. Readers of the magazine write in questions to you regarding any parenting issues. Below are several letters to Parenting that you need to review. Only respond to the letter of your choice. Be both creative and informative in your response. Sign your own pen name that relates to the issue discussed.

Options:

1. Dear Parenting,
Help! I'm a 30 year-old woman, and I am expecting my first baby to be born in a few months. I consider myself uneducated about the different methods of childbirth. Could you please inform me of the pros and cons of natural, medicated, and cesarean births. I want what is best for my baby and myself.

Sincerely,
Which way to go?


2. Dear Parenting,
My baby, Emma, was born 4 weeks before her due date. She has already been in the NICU for one week. I am scared and I feel helpless. Besides the NICU, is there anything else I can do to help stimulate growth? I want to get her home healthy and as soon as possible.

Sincerely,
Looking for baby miracle grow


3. Dear Parenting,
No one ever told me how hectic my life would be after Ethan was born! He is my first baby, and needless to say, my husband and I were unprepared for a newborn. What can you tell me about the patterns of newborns? What should I expect to change in my life? What advice can you give me about caring for Ethan?

Sincerely,
What did I get myself into?

Sophs- Antebellum America- Westward Expansion

So far in our Antebellum America unit we have covered 1 of the 3 main themes, which is westward expansion. On this blog, you will examine several more topics that involve westward expansion up to 1860. Use the links that are underlined in the questions below to answer the following. Answer each question in complete sentences in a well developed paragraph. Be sure to paraphrase in your own words.

Each answer should be at least 5 sentences in length.
Value- 9 points
Due- Wednesday, November 3

1. John O'Sullivan coined the term, "Manifest Destiny." What does this phrase mean. Read the entire article to understand its importance. How does Manifest Destiny link to westward expansion?

2. President Andrew Jackson issued the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Explain the details of this act. What happened to the Cherokee nation? How does the Indian Removal Act fit with westward expansion?

3. Explain the impact of the California Gold Rush in 1849. How does it link to westward expansion?

Seniors- Ch. 5 Baby Economics Project

First, complete research on delivery costs, weekly needs and childcare.

Second, use your chosen budget to outfit the nursery.

Click on the following links to see newborn essentials checklists.
- Baby Development News
- Today's Parent
- Babies R Us Registry checklist


Due Fri, Nov. 5

Reminder: Ch. 5 quiz pgs 93-101 Wed. Nov 3

Seniors- Time magazie article

Read the article "How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life"

Answer the following questions...

1. Summarize what the article says about the origins of heart disease.
2. What is the prenatal impact on obesity?
3. What does the article state about the prenatal influence for developing diabetes?
4. Summarize findings about the impact of air pollution.
5. How might the prenatal environment be linked to mental health? Explain.

All questions should be answered in complete sentences, and each question should contain at lest 5-6 sentences to fully answer the question.

Value: 10 points

Due: Wednesday, Oct 27

Seniors- Ch 4 Study Guide

646- Child Psychology

Chapter 4 Test Guidelines

- Format:

o trimester matching

o matching- key terms/points

o multiple choice

o Short Answer

- Notes from stages of prenatal development through Rh factor

- Ch. 4 worksheet

- Key Concepts: (This is in addition to info on the handouts)

o Important developmental points in prenatal development (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd trimesters)

o Characteristics of the 3 stages of prenatal development

o gestation

o Functions of umbilical cord, placenta, amniotic sac

o Cephalocaudal, proximodistal principles

o Miscarriages

o Terotogens

o Critical periods

o HIV/AIDS

o Stress

o Rh factor

o Alcohol

o Tobacco

o Maternal Age

o Cocaine

o Exercise

o Accutane

o Caffeine

o Prenatal testing: ultrasound, amniocentesis, CVS, AFP

o Fetal welfare vs mothers’ rights

1st Amendment- Freedom of Religion

Use the internet to look up one of the following Supreme Court cases that involved freedom of religion.

- McCollum vs Board of Education- 1948
- Zorach vs. Clauson- 1952
- Engel vs. Vitale- 1962
- Reynolds vs. U.S- 1879
- Abington School District vs. Schmepp-1963

1. Briefly summarize the background information and situation at hand.
2. Did the action violate the 1st amendment or were the actions protected by the 1st amendment?
3. What was the final vote count?
4. What was the reason for the court's decision?

Value: 10 points
Due: Monday, Oct. 25

Sophs- John Adams Part 1 Extra credit

Sophomores, we spent 2 days watching part one of HBO's John Adams series. Not only did it re-emphasize most of the notes from class, but hopefully it also was neat for you to see a modern day re-enactment of significant events that shaped our country. As your extra credit option, respond to ONE of the following topics. Your response should be detailed and at least 20 lines in length.

1. Describe what the court house was like throughout the trial. Be specific. Who was there? Where did the witnesses speak? How is it similar to or different than modern court scenes?

2. Explain the importance of Abigail Adams as seen in the film. What was John's and Abigail's relationship like? Be specific by referring to particular scenes or event from the film. Provide details/

3. Be a critic of the film by writing your own review. Explain why you liked or disliked the film. Be specific and honest in your answer. Do you think it portrayed Massachusetts in the Revolutionary era in an effective way? Was it an accurate depiction of the pre-Revolution events that took place in Massachusetts? Why or why not?