Early Childhood Physical Development
What is one (1) fine motor skill that can be seen in a 3-year-old but not a 2-year old?
Any 1 of the following:
In Piaget’s ___________ stage of development, children use symbols to represent words, images, and ideas.
Preoperational
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In Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence, the ability to solve academic problems and perform calculations is called:
Analytical intelligence
According to Erikson, what is the challenge that children (6-11 years old) face?
Industry vs. Inferiority
Which part of the brain appears to be particularly important for the development of executive function?
Prefrontal cortex
Bowie is able to put on simple clothes without help. Assuming that his motor skill development is on track, this tells us that he must be at least ________ years old.
Two (2)
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Young children have a tendency to not to be able to take the perspective of others, and instead the child thinks that everyone sees, thinks, and feels just as they do. What does Piaget call this?
Egocentrism
Changing one quality (such as the height of water in a container) can be compensated for by changes in another quality (such as the width of the container). The ability to understand this is called:
Conservation
In Kohlberg’s theory of morality, a person who reasons about right and wrong based on self-interest (such as getting rewards and avoiding punishment) is using __________ morality.
Preconventional
The ability to think about other people’s thoughts is called:
Theory of mind
Name three (3) signs that a child is ready for toilet training.
Complains about wet or dirty diapers
Stay dry for periods of two hours or longer during the day
Can understand and follow basic directions
Alex has a scoop of ice cream in a small bowl. Daniel has the same amount of ice cream, but in a larger bowl, so the ice cream takes up less space in the bowl. Daniel is upset because he thinks Alex has more ice cream. Daniel is having a problem with:
Conservation
During the concrete operational stage, children develop the ability to arrange items along a quantitative dimension, such as length or weight, in a methodical way
Seriation
Nina finds someone’s wallet and returns it because she knows the person who lost it will want it back, and she doesn’t want them to be inconvenienced. She is using __________ morality.
Conventional
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We read a blog post article in class (09/29). Name three (3) negative impacts that "passive screen time" is having on young children.
Diminishing prefrontal neural networks
Affecting how children plan, organize, and solve problems
Depriving children of the experiences the brain needs
What is the term that refers to the brain’s ability to change its structure and function in response to experience or damage.
Neuroplasticity
Will also accept "Plasticity"
Name two (2) factors that Vygotsky believed improved children’s cognitive skills.
Social interactions with adults & more learned peers
Language, writings, and concepts arising from the culture
Name two (2) key developments in the brain that aid cognition in middle & late childhood:
Maturation of Prefrontal Cortex
Myelination in the association areas in the brain / Myelination in the areas of the brain where sensory, motor, and intellectual functioning connect
Bigelow and La Gaipa described three stages in children’s friendships. In the _________ stage, friendship focuses on conventional morality.
Children’s participation in sports has been linked to: name three (3).
Better academic performance
Higher levels of satisfaction with family and overall quality of life in children
Improved physical and emotional development
Grace can cut out a picture using scissors on their own.
How old is Grace? AND What motor skills is she using?
Grace should be 4 years old; They are using FINE motor skills
Vygotsky used two major concepts to describe how children learn. Name the two (2) concepts AND define each one.
Scaffolding - the temporary support that parents or teachers give a child to do a task.
Zone of Proximal Development - when a child can almost perform a task, but not quite on their own without assistance.
Name the eight (8) intelligences in Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
Linguistic | Logical-mathematical | Spatial | Musical | Kinesthetic | Interpersonal | Intrapersonal | Naturalistic
Selman outlines five stages of friendship from early childhood through to adulthood. What is the name of the stage in which a friend is (a) someone who returns a favor.
What is the name of the stage in which a friend is (b) someone who you can tell things you would tell no one else.
a. fair-weather cooperation
b. intimate and mutual sharing
__________ is a logical process in which multiple premises believed to be true are combined to obtain a specific conclusion.
Deductive reasoning