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What is personification?
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
At what age do children begin to rely on reason?
6-7 years
True or False: School-age children think logically.
True
At what age are children in the Concrete Operational Stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages?
Ages 7-11
What is the Nucleus Accumbens?
A region in the forebrain that plays a critical role in the reward circuit.
Reading and writing begins at what age?
6 years
When does speech become more social?
6-7 years
What does cause-and-effect help children to learn?
Facts about the natural world.
Define conservation.
The concept that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance may change.
What happens to brain synapses the more often they are used?
They become stronger.
What is code-switching?
Changing the usage of grammar and even vocabulary when communicating with different cultural groups
At what age do children pay attention for 16-27 minutes?
8-9 years
What is hierarchal classification?
A type of classification in which select classes may contain other classes or subclasses.
How many stages are in Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages?
Four stages
Define synapses.
Brain connections that are developed every second
Children at this age can paraphrase and summarizes content.
10-12 years
When can children draw 3-dimensional figures?
8-9 years
What are logical thinking concepts?
Concepts that are not experienced through the senses but are understood intellectually.
Children think symbolically in what stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development theory?
Preoperational Stage
What is brain plasticity?
The ability of the brain to change and adapt to experiences.
By what age should articulation be mastered?
8 years
At what age can children put events in correct time sequences?
10-12 years
Define Metacognition.
The awareness of one's own knowledge and thinking
Define seriation.
The ability to order items along a quantitative dimension.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
The range of abilities an individual can perform with the guidance of an expert, but can not yet perform on their own.