Early Childhood
Tantrums tend to subside due to growth of this area of the brain during early childhood
What is the frontal lobe?
The ability to complete a task without conscious thought is added by continued maturation of what area of the brain
What is the frontal lobe?
The imaginary audience and personal fable demonstrate a return to which type of thinking
What is egocentrism?
Preoperational intelligence is characterized by
What is symbols, imagination, and language?
Name the idea that children develop and revise informal theories about how the world works
What is theory-theory?
The information a child already knows and has stored in their memory is known as a
What is knowledge base?
What is dopamine?
Abstract and scientific thinking are characteristics of
What is the formal operational stage?
The parenting style in which a parent is warm and affectionate, but fails to set boundaries or enforce consequences
What is permissive?
An 8-year old child is able to listen to her teacher and concentrate on what is being said even when her friends are talking around her because of improvement in
What is selective attention?
A lack of identity exploration, but a commitment to one's identity is considered to align with ______ (Marica's identity status)
What is identity foreclosure?
A child eats strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries and notices they are all sweet. The child concludes that all berries are sweet. This is an example of what type of thinking
What is inductive reasoning?
What is secondary?
A student realizes they don't understand what they just read, so they go back and reread the passage. This skill is known as
What is metacognition?
This biological change contributes to adolescents naturally going to sleep later
What is a shift in their circadian rhythm which delays the release of melatonin?
Arranging blocks from shortest to tallest is an example of
What is seriation?
This play style involves engaging in organized play toward a shared goal
What is cooperative play?
Increased myelination in the association areas leads to
What is decreased reaction times and faster cognitive processing?
Increased growth of the limbic system that outpaces growth of the prefrontal cortex leads to
What is impulsive decisions and risky behavior?
What is introspection, idealism, hypocrisy, & pseudostupidity (overcomplicating simple tasks which leads to failure)?