14.1
Who grows slower, toddlers or preschoolers?
Preschoolers!
What diagram was used to represent the food groups before MyPlate?
The Food Pyramid!
Are day-time accidents or night-time accidents more common?
Day-time accidents!
Children will often wait too long to use the bathroom.
Piaget and Vygotsky!
What attributes do preschoolers focus on more than others?
Physical attributes!
Which is the fastest-growing organ for a preschooler?
The brain!
What calories provide preschoolers with energy, but few or no nutrients?
Empty Calories
What are preschoolers prone to in their teeth?
Cavities! Areas of decay in teeth.
What is one of the most important cognitive advances between the ages of three and four?
Symbolic thought!
Centration!
30%!
Are children more likely to accept mixtures of fruit or mixtures of vegetables?
Mixtures of fruit!
When should parents/caregivers start flossing preschoolers' teeth?
Working memory is also referred to as?
Short-term memory!
What is the type of knowledge acquired through observations of the physical world?
Physical knowledge!
What percentage of preschoolers' weight gain is due to muscle?
75%!
Should new food be served in little portions or big portions?
Little portions!
How much sleep should a preschooler be getting daily?
10 to 13 hours!
What are the two memory categories that make up long-term memory?
Explicit and implicit memories!
Intellectual problem solving is dependent on how well a child understands what?
Logical thinking concepts!
How is a person's ability to keep balanced measured?
The health of their eyes, ears, and brain!
Why are children often messy eaters?
Their fine-motor skills are still developing!
What is involuntary urination called in a child who is over three years old?
Enuresis!
What is transductive reasoning?
Mentally linking events without using logic!
____ involves choosing an attribute, selecting all objects that contain the given attribute, and then recognizing items that do not contain the attribute.
Classifying!