Lecture 10/3 & 10/8 Flashcards
Preschoolers: pragmatics & Semantic development PPT
Cognitive Development
Follows simple verbal commands
24 months
What is semantic development closely related to?
Development in motor, social, and cognitive abilities
Cognitive Development
Points to and names familiar pictures
27 months
What does a child receive more of when their abilities in motor, social and cognitive are better?
language and practice
someone in a wheelchair won’t be able to get out and about more
Cognitive Development
Gives “two” objects on request
36 months
Expressive vocab goes from x to x words at 18-24 months
200-300 words
Cognitive Development
Gives full name on request
42 months
By 36 months of age, children will have expressive vocal of…
900-1000
Cognitive Development
Enjoys “make believe” play
45 months
At 5 years, by kindergarten, they should be using how many words?
2100-2200 words
Cognitive Development
Understand today/yesterday/tomorrow as well as morning/afternoon/night
5 years
By 6 years of age, many children have receptive (understand) vocab of up to …
14,000 words
Social Development
Communicates desire and orders others around
27 months
Research
What did Montgomery 2011 say about children and word exposure?
Ch learn words exposed to in their environments
Social Development
Demands caregiver’s attention, throws tantrums when needs are not understood
30 months
What is Fast mapping?
A hypothetical process where ch associate a word and its referent after the first or initial exposure
Social Development
Play independently in groups, selects playmates
36 months
What is extended mapping?
new words are gradually expanded and modified as additional experiences become available
Social Development
Plays cooperatively and takes turns
45 months
What are ways a child can learn new words?
- Words that are composed of phonemes that the child can produce (child vs. synthesize)
- object words as opposed to action words
- reduplicated syllables (mama)
Social Development
Gives up immediate gratification based on promise of delayed privilege (can be bribed)
4 years
How do we help children learn new words faster?
- simultaneously pair a word with its referent
- letting the new word be the only new word in a certain context (e.g., if you wanted to teach “pig” you’d want to make sure it was the only new word in that context)
Motor Development
Walks up and down stairs, does not alternate feet
27 months
What are dimensional words?
- Adjective pairs that indicate dimensions of objects (e.g., big/little, wide/narrow)
Motor Development
Constructs a tower of 7-8 blocks
36 months
What are the first dimensional words learns and what age?
Big/little around 3 years of age
Motor Development
Dresses and undresses self
39 months
What are relational terms?
- Express relationships in domains such as color, location, size, family roles, and temporal sequences
- these terms can be hard because they are often relative
- for example, whose mom is the skinniest? Whose dad is the tallest?
Motor Development
Copies cross and square
45 months (almost 4)
When should ch name blue, red, and yellow?
4-5 years old
Motor Development
Copies simple block letters
4 years
What are spatial words?
- indicate location of a referent in relation to some item
- in, out, behind, under
Motor Development
Draws figures recognizable as a person with head, trunk, legs, and arms
5 years
When should ch know spatial relations?
5 years