Mod 5: Early Childhood Flashcards
children grow about ˍˍˍˍinches and ˍˍˍ-ˍˍˍˍ lbs each year from 2-6yo
3; 4-5
the average 3 year old has a large ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍand ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ, and shortˍˍˍˍˍˍˍand ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ
head;stomach;legs;arms
around ˍˍˍˍ the proportions are more like an adults
6
synaptic pruning is loss of ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ synapses
unused
myelination and synaptic pruning ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ in early childhood
increase
ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ hemisphere increases in activity between 3 and 6
left
ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ has growth between 3 and 6
corpus callosum
children are attracted to ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ and ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ
motion;song
an example of fine motor skills being refined
pouring water into containers
ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ dimension of sexual arousal may be present from birth
phsyical
sexuality begins as a response to ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ states and ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ
phsyical;sensation
child’s ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ willbe challenged, expanded, and rearraged
existing schema
stage of piaget’s theory that occurs in early childhood
2nd: preoperational
pretend play is believed to help ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ new schema
soldify
egocentrism
young people tend to think everyone sees things the way they do
in precausual thinking, children use ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ to explain ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ ˍˍˍˍˍ ˍˍˍˍˍˍ relationships
existing ideas;cause and effect
animism
belief that inanimate objects are capable of options
artificialism
environmental characteristics attributed to human actions or interventions
trandsductive reasoning
child fails to understand true cause-and-effect relationships