Chapter 7 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood (Pre-school)

Question 1

Pre-schoolers appetite decreases, as in they eat sporadically, true or false?

Answer 1

true

Question 2

You should casually introduce new foods into the diets of preschoolers and avoid forcing, true or false?

Answer 2

true

Question 3

Preschooler, diet, and immune system

Answer 3

a poor diet suppresses the immune system leaving the child vulnerable to diseases

Question 4

Diarrhea and preschoolers

Answer 4

major danger due to hydration loss and them not knowing

Question 5

A preschooler should exercise how much through out the week?

Answer 5

1 hour a day

Question 6

Preschoolers and immunizations

Answer 6

it is easier to give a child an immunization than treat a disease, it is costly and harsh

Question 7

Males are more likely to be hurt during an accident, true or false?

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Injuries and temperament

Answer 8

children with difficult temperaments are more likely to get hurt than those who are easy or timid.

Question 9

Injuries and poverty

Answer 9

children who live in poor or low socioeconomic areas tend to get hurt and stay hurt longer

Question 10

What does the reticular formation do?

Answer 10

Allows for neural development in brain

Question 11

The corpus colossus finishes mylenization when?

Answer 11

pre-school

Question 12

What is left and right handedness tied to?

Answer 12

Brain lateralization

Question 13

Females are more likely to be left handed, true or false?

Answer 13

false, males are more like to be left handed

Question 14

Sexual orientation and handedness

Answer 14

LGBT+ individuals are more likely to be left handed

Question 15

Individuals that are left handed have a higher risk of accidents because?

Answer 15

things are made for right handed people

Question 16

The language area of the beain (Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas) are located in:

• frontal lobe
• parietal lobe
• right hemi
• left hemi

Answer 16

left hemi

Question 17

Timeline of children being able to scribble, draw people and boundaries, and print?

Answer 17

scribble- 2 y/o
draw people and boundaries- 3-4 y/o
print- 3-5 y/o

Question 18

Lack of Conservation is,

Answer 18

preschoolers dont understand that if you rearrange matter (liquid or clay) that the amount stays the same

Question 19

Limits on Conservation are

Answer 19

centration + irreversibility

Question 20

Centration is,

Answer 20

focus on one aspect of and neglect other aspects

Question 21

Irreversibility is,

Answer 21

cannot mentally reverse a set of steps

Question 22

Preschool children usually cannot,

• communicate clearly
• perform conservation tasks
• use symbols
• draw pictures

Answer 22

perform conservation tasks 
(remember video show in class w/ gram cracker cookies and vase/cup of blue water)

Question 23

Animism is,

Answer 23

“if i am alive, everything is alive”

Question 24

Lack of Class Inclusion is,

Answer 24

no understanding of one thing fitting into two classes or categories  
(i.e., flowers, colors; a child could not understand that a flower has a class of color and that it is a flower.)

Question 25

Kids may not be as egocentric as Piaget thinks, true or false?

Answer 25

true

Question 26

No conservation can be made during the stage of pre-operational thought, and children will have to learn to conserve on their own, true or false?

Answer 26

true

Question 27

Pre-schoolers and language development

Answer 27

• can pick up 10 new words a day in context
• have grammatical errors like, “I falled down” AKA “over regularization”
• pragmatic improvement, can stay on topic and carry conversations like an adult