2-5 Years- Cognitive

Question 1

Describe neurocognitive development

Answer 1

• Synaptogenesis
• Synaptic pruning
• Myelination
• Growth of Prefrontal Cortex
• Rapid development of Corpus Callosum

Question 2

What is the preoperational stage in 2-7 year olds?

Answer 2

Operations are mental representation of actions that obey logical rules

Question 3

What is symbolic representation?

Answer 3

Allows one object to stand for another

Question 4

What is animism?

Answer 4

Applying attributes of living things to inanimate objects

Question 5

Describe children’s imaginary companions

Answer 5

Fantasy friends endowed with human like qualities

Question 6

Describe children’s magical play

Answer 6

Believe that things can happen magically (eg. Santa Claus, Easter Bunny)

Question 7

What occurs in a child’s personality when they are egocentric?

Answer 7

• Child has own viewpoint of world

- Assumes others think/perceive/feel same way

Question 8

What is conservation?

Answer 8

The idea that certain physical characteristics of an object remain same even when their appearance changes