MISC Brain Development
The ability to interpret and understand everyday situations and to apply prior experiences to new situations or problems. AKA "the capacity to learn."
Continually separating fact from fiction isn't necessary and might unnecessarily discourage the use of the imagination.
Should parents always point out what is real and what is not?
Small parts, sharp edges, flammable, toxic paint.
What are common safety hazards related to toys?
The ability to focus on specific activity
What is attention?
The ability to make something concrete from what one has imagined?
Determines limits of possible intellectual development.
What role does heredity play in intelligence?
Creativity involves using imagination to produce original ideas.
How does creativity relate to imagination?
Durable, easy to care for, encourages the use of imagination, colorful, enjoyable, and easy to handle.
Identify at least four characteristics of appropriate toys.
The ability to store and recall information learned and events experienced in the past.
What is Memory?
The inner need to question things that will lead to learning more about them.
What is Curiosity?
Influences the extent to which a person's cognitive potential (intelligence) is actually developed.
What is the Environment?
Being in a playpen could stifle curiosity.
How might keeping a child in a playpen discourage curiosity?
They are learning some rules of grammar, such as adding an s to make words plural but aren't yet able to recognize exceptions to the rules.
What might children of two and a half use a word like "tooths"?
The ability to take in information from the senses.
What is Perception?
Categories of objects and information such as colors, animals, shapes
What are Concepts
The physical and intellectual maturity required to perform a skill.
What is the meaning of "readiness for learning"?
Hearing problems, learning problems, learning difficulties, or mood disorders
What kinds of problems might a speech-language pathologist identify as the source of a child's speech difficulties?
The ability to think of things in ways different from how they exist in reality.
What is Imagination?
They are unable to block out some of the information from their senses to focus on one thing.
Why do toddlers have difficulty concentrating on one thing at a time?
Children learn to enjoy books, which is key to learning to read. They also learn how to handle books and associate written words with words read aloud.
How can a routine of reading to children younger than age three contribute to reading readiness?
What is articulation?
The ability to figure things out - what to do, the solution to a problem, why something has happened.
What is Reasoning?