Chapter 5 - Early Childhood

Question 1

What sets us apart from animals

Answer 1

• Human Socialization
• Ability to understand another persons perspective

Question 2

Slow growing Frontal Lobe

Answer 2

ability to think through, inhibit, and plan our actions; gradually improves throughout development

Question 3

Physical Skills

Answer 3

• Gross motor skills : large muscle movement
• Fine motor skills : small coordinated movement

Question 4

Threats to Growth and Motor Skills

Answer 4

• Inadequate Nutrition

Question 5

Preoperational Perceptions

Answer 5

Animism (inanimate objects are real)
Artificialism (humans make everything in nature)
Egocentrism (inability in understand others perceptions

Question 6

Lev Vygotsky

Answer 6

Human interaction promotes learning and cognitive growth.
Scaffolding

Question 7

Information Processing

Answer 7

• Working Memory (7 +/- 2)
• Rehersal
• Selective Attention
• Inhibition

Question 8

Developing Speech

Answer 8

Phoneme: individual sounds for letters
Morphemes: basic meaning unit of language
Syntax: grammatical rules in particular language

Question 9

Developing Speech Part 2

Answer 9

Semantics: understanding word meaning
Overregularzation: irregular pasts and plurals
Over/Underextensions: Applies labels too broadly or narrowly

Question 10

Theory of Mind

Answer 10

Understanding other people have different beliefs than your own