DEP2004 EXAM 2 COMPLETE COURSE
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◉ activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood.
Answer: run across a room and jump, scramble over low jungle
gyms, perform hair-raising stunts on practically any climbing object
◉ the number of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians.
Answer: 11 to 13 hours
◉ what short sleep duration in early childhood is correlated with.
Answer: narcolepsy, insomnia, and nightmares
◉ iron deficiency.
Answer: anemia
◉ first substage of preoperational thought, occurring roughly
between the ages of 2 and 4. During this substage, the young child
gains the ability to mentally represent an object that is not present.
Answer: symbolic function
, ◉ the inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and
someone else's perspective.
Answer: egocentrism
◉ the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are
capable of action.
Answer: animism
◉ the awareness that altering an object's or a substance's
appearance does not change its basic properties.
Answer: conservation
◉ a centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of
all others.
Answer: centration
◉ the range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master
alone but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adults
or more-skilled children.
Answer: zone of proximal development
◉ changing the level of support; over the course of a teaching
session, a more-skilled person adjusts the amount of guidance to fit
the child's current performance.
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood.
Answer: run across a room and jump, scramble over low jungle
gyms, perform hair-raising stunts on practically any climbing object
◉ the number of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians.
Answer: 11 to 13 hours
◉ what short sleep duration in early childhood is correlated with.
Answer: narcolepsy, insomnia, and nightmares
◉ iron deficiency.
Answer: anemia
◉ first substage of preoperational thought, occurring roughly
between the ages of 2 and 4. During this substage, the young child
gains the ability to mentally represent an object that is not present.
Answer: symbolic function
, ◉ the inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and
someone else's perspective.
Answer: egocentrism
◉ the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are
capable of action.
Answer: animism
◉ the awareness that altering an object's or a substance's
appearance does not change its basic properties.
Answer: conservation
◉ a centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of
all others.
Answer: centration
◉ the range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master
alone but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adults
or more-skilled children.
Answer: zone of proximal development
◉ changing the level of support; over the course of a teaching
session, a more-skilled person adjusts the amount of guidance to fit
the child's current performance.
