Infants
Around what age do most infants begin to show social smiling?
6-8 weeks
What major motor milestone do most toddlers achieve sometimes between 12-18 months?
Walking independently
During preschool years, children often engage in make believe games like playing house. What type of play is this called?
Dramatic play
According to Piaget, children in the school age years typically enter which stage of thinking?
Concrete Operational
Which developmental skill comes first:
Rolling over, riding a bike, walking, or learning multiplication?
rolling over
what developmental concept describes an infants understand that object still exist even when they cant be seen?
Object permanence.
What is rapid increase in word learning often called?
Word explosion (vocaulary explosion)
According to Piaget, preschoolers are in which stage of cognitive development?
Preoperational stage
School age children begin to better understand fairness, rules, and teamwork. Which type of play becomes more common during this stage?
Cooperative play
During which stage do children typically develop object permanence?
Infancy
Which sense is most developed at birth?
Hearing.
Why do toddlers often say "no" and insist on doing things themselves?
Developing Independence.
Preschoolers often struggle to see thig from another persons perspective. What is this thinking pattern called
Ecocentrism
Which skills improves significantly during the school age years, allowing children to tie shoes, write neatly, and cut with scissors.
Fine motor skills
In which stage does pretend or imaginative play become more common?
Preschool
What type of communication do infants primarily use before saying their first word?
Crying and cooing
According to Erikson, toddlers are primarily working through which developmental conflict?
Autonomy VS shame and doubt.
Which fine motor skill is most typical for preschoolers?
Cutting with scissors
according to Erikson the main developmental task of school age children is?
Industry VS Inferiority
During which stage do children start to think more logically about real life problems?
School age
What motor skill typically develops first?
Grasping objects with hands.
Which type of play is most common for toddlers?
According to Erikson, the main developmental task of the preschool years is?
Initiative VS guilt.
Compared to toddlers and preschoolers, school agers are better able to do which of the following:
Think about only themselves, understand cause and effect, crawl, or rely completely on adults for problem solving?
Understand cause and effect
Which developmental skill shows growth across all four stages?
Language and Communication