Early Childhood

Question 1

Preschooler’s brains are very flexible which is called?

Answer 1

neural plasticity

Question 2

Neural plasticity allows preschoolers brains to recover fully from injuries at times because…

Answer 2

healthy neurons take over from damaged neurons

Question 3

Vygotsky’s ideas include:

Answer 3

the zone of proximal development, scaffolding, and private speech

Question 4

Preschool children can remember events they experienced more than…

Answer 4

one year ago although they are impressionable to what others suggest they may have experienced

Question 5

Preschoolers adjust their speech to fit the listeners needs, by 3 years old how many words are in a typical preschoolers sentence?

Answer 5

10 or more

Question 6

Piagets 4 stages of thinking: 
0-2 years - ??
2-7 years - ?? 
7-11 years - ?? 
11 and up - ??

Answer 6

0-2 years - Sensorimotor thinking
2-7 years - Preparations thinking
7 - 11 years - concrete operations
11 and up Formal operations

Question 7

Erikson’s 3 stages of psychosocial growth from infancy through the preschool years:
0-1 years old - ??
1-3 years old - ??
3 - 5 years old - ??

Answer 7

0 -1 years old - trust vs. mistrust
1-3 year old - autonomy vs. shame
3 - 5 initiative vs. guilt