PSYC 140 Module 4 EXAM |2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED| REAL EXAM AND COMPLETE
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1. What ages are considered early childhood?: toddler/preschool age to 6 or 7
years old
2. Important gross motor skills for early childhood?: Throwing a ball, hopping,
catching a ball, running, and kicking a ball
3. Important fine motor skills for early childhood?: Cutting paper, pasting,
pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, printing a name, tracing,
coloring
4. Is motor development continuous or discontinuous?: continuous
5. Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 2 - 3.:
gross motor: can jump, can throw/catch a ball but upper body may remain rigid
fine motor: can zip/unzip, can use a spoon
6. Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 3 - 4.:
gross motor: can walk upstairs while alternating feet on each step, can walk
downstairs leading with one foot, can throw/catch a ball (trapping against chest)
, fine motor: can use child scissors, can fasten and unfasten large buttons 7.
Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 4 -
5.: gross motor: can walk up and down stairs alternating feet, can catch a ball with
hands
fine motor: can use a fork, can cut on a line using scissors
8. Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 5 -
6.: gross motor: can skip, can ride a bike with training wheels fine motor: can tie
shoes, can copy some numbers and basic words
9. What occurs during rapid brain (neuronal) growth in early childhood?:
Connections made between neurons at the synapse or at the space between
neurons
Dendrites spread and connect to new growth
Experience is the mechanism for growth
Formation of synaptic connections
Synaptic pruning begins
Myelination begins
10. What is the primary type of neural growth during early childhood?:
Connections made between neurons at the synapse or at the space between
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED | ALREADY
GRADED A+
1. What ages are considered early childhood?: toddler/preschool age to 6 or 7
years old
2. Important gross motor skills for early childhood?: Throwing a ball, hopping,
catching a ball, running, and kicking a ball
3. Important fine motor skills for early childhood?: Cutting paper, pasting,
pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, printing a name, tracing,
coloring
4. Is motor development continuous or discontinuous?: continuous
5. Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 2 - 3.:
gross motor: can jump, can throw/catch a ball but upper body may remain rigid
fine motor: can zip/unzip, can use a spoon
6. Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 3 - 4.:
gross motor: can walk upstairs while alternating feet on each step, can walk
downstairs leading with one foot, can throw/catch a ball (trapping against chest)
, fine motor: can use child scissors, can fasten and unfasten large buttons 7.
Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 4 -
5.: gross motor: can walk up and down stairs alternating feet, can catch a ball with
hands
fine motor: can use a fork, can cut on a line using scissors
8. Give examples of gross motor skills and fine motor skills for ages 5 -
6.: gross motor: can skip, can ride a bike with training wheels fine motor: can tie
shoes, can copy some numbers and basic words
9. What occurs during rapid brain (neuronal) growth in early childhood?:
Connections made between neurons at the synapse or at the space between
neurons
Dendrites spread and connect to new growth
Experience is the mechanism for growth
Formation of synaptic connections
Synaptic pruning begins
Myelination begins
10. What is the primary type of neural growth during early childhood?:
Connections made between neurons at the synapse or at the space between
