Lectures 17 and 18

Question 1

Gross motor deevelopment

Answer 1

children can walk more smoothly and make attempts at running

Question 2

feeding with utensils

Answer 2

4

Question 3

dressing oneself

Answer 3

3-4

Question 4

tying shoes

Answer 4

6

Question 5

scribbles

Answer 5

2-3

Question 6

first representational forms

Answer 6

3-4

Question 7

realistic drawings

Answer 7

4-5

Question 8

preoperational

Answer 8

-gains in mental represnetation
-Sensorimotor activity leads to internal images of experience, which children then label with words

Question 9

dual representation

Answer 9

Viewing a symbolic object as both
an object and a symbol, mastered at around 3 years

Question 10

egocentrism

Answer 10

Failure to distinguish others’ views from one’s own

Question 11

animistic thinking

Answer 11

Belief that inanimate objects have lifelike
qualities such as thoughts or wishes

Question 12

benefits of make-believe play

Answer 12

strengthens mental abilities including sustained attention, logic, memory, reasoning, and creativity

Question 13

with age, make-believe play gradually becomes

Answer 13

-More detached from real-life conditions
-Less self-centered
-More complex sociodramatic play