Child development - Overall

Question 1

What are the 5 different play types?

Answer 1

Physical, imaginative, constructive, sensory and creative arts and design play

Question 2

(Piaget)

What does assimilation mean?

Answer 2

New information is processed

Question 3

(Piaget)

What does equilibrium mean?

Answer 3

The experience matches the idea

Question 4

(Piaget)

What does disequilibrium mean?

Answer 4

The experience does not match the idea

Question 5

(Piaget)

What does accommodation mean?

Answer 5

New information is accepted and the idea is modified

Question 6

…… says that children learn from …..

Answer 6

Piaget, actions

Question 7

Children are ….. learners

Answer 7

Active

Question 8

What is Piaget’s first universal stage?

Answer 8

0-2 sensorimotor

Question 9

(Piaget)

What happens in the sensorimotor stage?

Answer 9

Move from physical reflexes to coordinated movement
Develops object permanence
Development of general symbolic function

Question 10

(Piaget)

What is the second universal stage?

Answer 10

2-7 pre-operational

Question 11

(Piaget)

What happens in the pre-operational stage?

Answer 11

Animism - When everything is alive (poor chair, poor car)

Egocentric - Everyone sees the same as them

Question 12

(Piaget)

What does centralisation mean?

Answer 12

Can only look at one object at a time.

A child uses symbols in play and thought, have the inability to conserve

Question 13

(Piaget)

What does egocentric mean?

Answer 13

A child thinks everyone sees the same as them

Question 14

(Piaget)

What is animism?

Answer 14

When everything is alive and has feelings

poor car, poor chair

Question 15

(Piaget)

What is schema?

Answer 15

A package of information stored

Question 16

What are 3 physical reflexes?

Answer 16

Rooting
Suckling
Moro

Question 17

What is ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs’?

Answer 17

Basic needs
Safety needs
Belongingness and love needs
Psychological needs
Self-fulfilment

Question 18

(Chomsky)

What does LAD stand for?

Answer 18

Language acquisition device

Question 19

(Chomsky)

How can adults promote language development?

Answer 19

Opportunities

Heard through parents and family speaking

Question 20

(Chomsky)

What is LAD?

Answer 20

Part of the brain which de-codes language

Question 21

(Chomsky)

What is the critical age of learning?

Answer 21

10 years old

Question 22

What is a language rich environment?

Answer 22

Word walls, reading with a child, picture timetables

Question 23

(Skinner)

What types of reinforcement are there?

Answer 23

Positive and negative

Question 24

What does ZPD stand for?

Answer 24

Zone of proximal development

Question 25

How can an adult scaffold a child?

Answer 25

Model how to complete an action

Visual aids

Question 26

What does PIES stand for?

Answer 26

Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Social

Question 27

What is it called when new information is processed?

Answer 27

Assimilation

Question 28

What is it called when the experience matches the idea?

Answer 28

Equilibrium

Question 29

What is it called when the experience doesn’t match the idea?

Answer 29

Disequilibrium

Question 30

What is it called when new information is accepted and the idea is modified

Answer 30

Accommodation