Chapter 9

Question 1

Sociodramatic play

Answer 1

story plots and role relationships while playing with peers. by the end of second-year, children engaged in this type of play

Question 2

Egocentricism

Answer 2

Failure to distinguish others’ symbolic view points from one’s own.
Demonstrated by Piaget’s three-mountains problem

Question 3

Animistic thinking

Answer 3

The belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions
Magical thinking: assigning human purposes to physical events

Question 4

conservation

Answer 4

Refers to the idea that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes

Question 5

Episodic memory

Answer 5

Memory of everyday experiences

Question 6

scripts

Answer 6

Memory of familiar, repeated events, becomes more Elaborate and spontaneous with age
Help children interpret and predict everyday experiences
Assist children in recall, make-believe play, and planning

Question 7

Metacognition or Theory of Mind

Answer 7

Coherent set of ideas about mental activities, or thinking about thoughts.