In early childhood, appetites _______________ due to slowed growth -
ANSWERS-decline
During early childhood, children require what kind of diet? -
ANSWERS-high quality in smaller quantities
Poor quality diet in early childhood is associated with what? -
ANSWERS-tooth decay, obesity, cognitive
defects, and behavior problems
Repeated, unpressured
exposure to ________ ___________ promotes acceptance - ANSWERS-
new foods
gross motor skills in early childhood - ANSWERS-walking, running,
jumping, hopping, catching, throwing, swinging, riding
fine motor skills in early childhood - ANSWERS-self-help: dressing,
eating
drawing and painting
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When should children be drawing scribbles? - ANSWERS-during 2nd
year
when should a child draw their first recognizable picture - ANSWERS-
3-4 years
when does early printing begin in early childhood? - ANSWERS-4-6
years
Boys excel in skills using _____ and _______ - ANSWERS-force,
power
Girls excel in skills using ______ and ________ - ANSWERS-balance
and agility
gross motor skills develop through - ANSWERS-play
fine motor skills develop through - ANSWERS-daily routine
When is Piaget's preoperational stage? - ANSWERS-2-7 years
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What are significant gains in representational activity during Piaget's
preoperational stage? - ANSWERS-◦Make-believe play
◦Symbol-real-world relations
What are Limitations in thinking during Piaget's preoperational stage? -
ANSWERS-◦Egocentrism
◦Lack of conservation
◦Lack of hierarchical classification
With age, make-believe play gradually - ANSWERS-detaches from real-
life conditions, becomes less self-centered, becomes more complex
sociodramatic play - ANSWERS-contributes to cognitive and social
skills
2 Benefits of Make-Believe play - ANSWERS-◦Contributes to cognitive
and social skills
◦Predicts cognitive capacities
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dual representation - ANSWERS-viewing a symbolic object as both an
object in its own right and a symbol
when does dual representation emerge? - ANSWERS-age 3
in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's
point of view - ANSWERS-Egocentrism
animistic thinking - ANSWERS-The belief that inanimate objects have
lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions
inability to conserve - ANSWERS-Inability to understand the idea that a
mass can be changed in size, shape, volume, or length without losing or
adding to the original mass
Centration (Piaget) - ANSWERS-the act of focusing on one aspect of
something. It is a key factor in the preoperational stage.
Irreversibility - ANSWERS-in Piaget's theory, the inability of the young
child to mentally reverse an action
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