FAD3220 Test 2 Exam Complete
Solutions Current Verified A+ Pass
Enuresis - Answer -repeated urination in clothing or in bed
Gross Motor Skills - Answer -physical skills that involve the large muscles
Fine motor skills - Answer -physical skills that involve the small muscles and eye-hand
coordination
handedness - Answer -preference for using a particular hand
preoperational stage - Answer -In Piaget's theory, the second major stage of cognitive
development, in which symbolic thought expands but children cannot yet use logic
symbolic functioning - Answer -Piaget's term for ability to use mental representations
(words, numbers, or images) to which a child has attached meaning
pretend play - Answer -play involving imaginary people and situations; AKA fantasy play
or dramatic play
transduction - Answer -Piaget's term for a preoperational child's tendency to mentally
link particular phenomena, whether or not there is logically a causal relationship
animism - Answer -tendency to attribute life to objects that are not alive
centration - Answer -In Piaget's theory, the tendency of preoperational children to focus
on one aspect of a situation and neglect others
decenter - Answer -In Piaget's terminology, to think simultaneously about several
aspects of a situation
egocentrism - Answer -Piaget's term for inability to consider another person's point of
view; a characteristic of young children's thought
conservation - Answer -Piaget's term for awareness that two objects that are equal
according to a certain measure remain equal in the face of perceptual alteration so long
as nothing has been added to or taken away from either object
irreversibility - Answer -Piaget's term for a preoperational child's failure to understand
that an operation can go in two or more directions
encoding - Answer -process by which information is prepared for long-term storage and
later retrieval
, storage - Answer -retention of information in memory for future use
retrieval - Answer -process by which info is accessed or recalled from memory storage
sensory memory - Answer -initial, brief, temporary storage of sensory info
working memory - Answer -short-term storage of info being actively processed
executive function - Answer -conscious control of thoughts, emotions, and actions to
accomplish goals or solve problems
central executive - Answer -In Baddeley's model, element of working memory that
controls the processing info
long-term memory - Answer -storage of virtually unlimited capacity that holds info for
long periods
recognition - Answer -ability to identify a previously encountered stimulus
recall - Answer -ability to reproduce material from memory
fast mapping - Answer -process by which a child absorbs the meaning of a new world
after hearing it once or twice in conversation
pragmatics - Answer -the practical knowledge needed to use language for
communicative purposes
social speech - Answer -speech intended to be understood by a listener
private speech - Answer -talking aloud to oneself with no intent to communicate with
others
emergent literacy - Answer -preschooler's development of skills, knowledge, and
attitudes that underlie reading and writing
self concept - Answer -sense of self; descriptive and evaluative mental picture of one's
abilities and traits
self definition - Answer -cluster of characteristics use to describe oneself
single representations - Answer -in neo-Piagetian terminology, first stage in
development of self definition, in which children describe themselves in terms of
individual, unconnected characteristics and in all-or-nothing terms
Solutions Current Verified A+ Pass
Enuresis - Answer -repeated urination in clothing or in bed
Gross Motor Skills - Answer -physical skills that involve the large muscles
Fine motor skills - Answer -physical skills that involve the small muscles and eye-hand
coordination
handedness - Answer -preference for using a particular hand
preoperational stage - Answer -In Piaget's theory, the second major stage of cognitive
development, in which symbolic thought expands but children cannot yet use logic
symbolic functioning - Answer -Piaget's term for ability to use mental representations
(words, numbers, or images) to which a child has attached meaning
pretend play - Answer -play involving imaginary people and situations; AKA fantasy play
or dramatic play
transduction - Answer -Piaget's term for a preoperational child's tendency to mentally
link particular phenomena, whether or not there is logically a causal relationship
animism - Answer -tendency to attribute life to objects that are not alive
centration - Answer -In Piaget's theory, the tendency of preoperational children to focus
on one aspect of a situation and neglect others
decenter - Answer -In Piaget's terminology, to think simultaneously about several
aspects of a situation
egocentrism - Answer -Piaget's term for inability to consider another person's point of
view; a characteristic of young children's thought
conservation - Answer -Piaget's term for awareness that two objects that are equal
according to a certain measure remain equal in the face of perceptual alteration so long
as nothing has been added to or taken away from either object
irreversibility - Answer -Piaget's term for a preoperational child's failure to understand
that an operation can go in two or more directions
encoding - Answer -process by which information is prepared for long-term storage and
later retrieval
, storage - Answer -retention of information in memory for future use
retrieval - Answer -process by which info is accessed or recalled from memory storage
sensory memory - Answer -initial, brief, temporary storage of sensory info
working memory - Answer -short-term storage of info being actively processed
executive function - Answer -conscious control of thoughts, emotions, and actions to
accomplish goals or solve problems
central executive - Answer -In Baddeley's model, element of working memory that
controls the processing info
long-term memory - Answer -storage of virtually unlimited capacity that holds info for
long periods
recognition - Answer -ability to identify a previously encountered stimulus
recall - Answer -ability to reproduce material from memory
fast mapping - Answer -process by which a child absorbs the meaning of a new world
after hearing it once or twice in conversation
pragmatics - Answer -the practical knowledge needed to use language for
communicative purposes
social speech - Answer -speech intended to be understood by a listener
private speech - Answer -talking aloud to oneself with no intent to communicate with
others
emergent literacy - Answer -preschooler's development of skills, knowledge, and
attitudes that underlie reading and writing
self concept - Answer -sense of self; descriptive and evaluative mental picture of one's
abilities and traits
self definition - Answer -cluster of characteristics use to describe oneself
single representations - Answer -in neo-Piagetian terminology, first stage in
development of self definition, in which children describe themselves in terms of
individual, unconnected characteristics and in all-or-nothing terms
