Chapter 7 Flashcards
The result of my ligation on neural processing speed
Increased speed and efficiency
Activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood
Hopping, jumping, running, jungle gyms
Hours of sleep recommended by doctors in early childhood
11-13
Short sleep duration is correlated with
Overweight children
Caused and symptoms of anemia
Iron deficiency and affects muscle and brain function
Piagets symbolic function
The first substage of pre-operational thought. Occurs between 2 to 4 years, child gains ability to mentally represent an object that is not present.
Egocentrism
The inability to distinguish between one’s own perspective and someone else else’s
Piagets animism
The belief that inanimate objects have life like qualities and are capable of action
Piagets conservation
The awareness that altering an objects or substances appearance does not change its basic properties
Piagets centration
A centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others
Vygotskys zone of proximal development
Range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master alone, but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adult adults or more skilled children
Vygotskys scaffolding
Changing the level of support
Vygotskys private speech
Use of language for self regulation
Rehearsal
Cognitive process in which information is repeated over and over as a possible way of learning and remembering it
Autism
Diagnosed by age 3, deficits in social interaction and communication skills, high rate of repetitive behavior, indifference toward others, caused by abnormalities in the brain structure in neurotransmitters, and genetic factors
