MODULE 4 (PSYC 140) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
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Definition
(ages 2 to 4)
continues skills begun with the establishment of object permanence.
children continue to develop in their abilities to mentally represent
objects that are not right in front of them.
are working toward abstract thought, but they are not quite there
yet, according to Piaget.
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executive function animism.
symbolic function centration
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What can be used to achieve more skill and competence?
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using beakers filled with liquid (to
synaptic pruning
test conservation of liquid).
mental activities, such as adding and
scaffolding can be used
subtracting.
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Term
What are the two substages in the Preoperational Stage?
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concrete reasoning and logical symbolic function and intuitive
thinking thought.
, abstract thought and critical formal operation and deductive
analysis reasoning
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Definition
Vygotsky's concept of the difference between what a child can do
alone and what that child can do with the help of a teacher or
guided by an expert.
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Zone of Cognitive Development Zone of Educational Achievement
(ZCD) (ZEA)
Zone of Proximal
Zone of Independent Mastery (ZIM)
Development (ZPD)
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Term
Piaget concluded that the reason why young children have difficulty
conserving matter is because
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, cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line,
printing a name, tracing, and coloring
how responsive (appropriately affectionate, communicative, and responsive to
children)
and
demanding (setting limits, discipline) the parents are.
they are too focused on one feature: the height of the ball, for example.
Thus, centration prevents conservation.
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the gap between what children can
accomplish alone and what they can do if guided by an expert.
Scaffolding involves the teacher/expert to offer changing levels of support as
the child's competence increases.
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Term
What process has a direct impact on the thinking process of young
children?
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myelination synaptogenesis
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1 of 68
Definition
(ages 2 to 4)
continues skills begun with the establishment of object permanence.
children continue to develop in their abilities to mentally represent
objects that are not right in front of them.
are working toward abstract thought, but they are not quite there
yet, according to Piaget.
Give this one a try later!
executive function animism.
symbolic function centration
, Don't know?
2 of 68
Term
What can be used to achieve more skill and competence?
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using beakers filled with liquid (to
synaptic pruning
test conservation of liquid).
mental activities, such as adding and
scaffolding can be used
subtracting.
Don't know?
3 of 68
Term
What are the two substages in the Preoperational Stage?
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concrete reasoning and logical symbolic function and intuitive
thinking thought.
, abstract thought and critical formal operation and deductive
analysis reasoning
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4 of 68
Definition
Vygotsky's concept of the difference between what a child can do
alone and what that child can do with the help of a teacher or
guided by an expert.
Give this one a try later!
Zone of Cognitive Development Zone of Educational Achievement
(ZCD) (ZEA)
Zone of Proximal
Zone of Independent Mastery (ZIM)
Development (ZPD)
Don't know?
5 of 68
Term
Piaget concluded that the reason why young children have difficulty
conserving matter is because
Give this one a try later!
, cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line,
printing a name, tracing, and coloring
how responsive (appropriately affectionate, communicative, and responsive to
children)
and
demanding (setting limits, discipline) the parents are.
they are too focused on one feature: the height of the ball, for example.
Thus, centration prevents conservation.
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the gap between what children can
accomplish alone and what they can do if guided by an expert.
Scaffolding involves the teacher/expert to offer changing levels of support as
the child's competence increases.
Don't know?
6 of 68
Term
What process has a direct impact on the thinking process of young
children?
Give this one a try later!
myelination synaptogenesis
