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Pect prek4 module 1 Exam Study Guide.
5 years - answer✔What age do you develop the ability to Conserve?
conserve - answer✔realizing that amounts are the same regardless of their appearance.
Between 2-6 years - answer✔At what age are children in the Preoperational stage?
Piaget's Preoperational stage of cognitive development - answer✔-symbolic representation
especially during pretend/make-believe play
-not yet capable of performing mental "operations".
-intuitive thinking (rather than following logical steps)
-Egocentric
Egocentrism - answer✔Being unable to literally adopt another's point-of-view.
Assimilation - answer✔When we can fit something new into an existing schema.
Accommodation - answer✔When something new cannot be assimilated into an existing
schema; either modify the schema or form a new schema.
Assimilation and Accommodation - answer✔What constitutes the process of adaptation?
It is how they learn about themselves and the world through interactions with their bodies and
the environment. - answer✔Why do babies and children form schemas?
Conservation - answer✔The cognitive ability to understand that objects or substances retain
their properties of #'s or amount even when their appearance, shape, or configuration changes.
1. Inborn reflexes
2. Primary Circular reactions
3. Secondary circular reactions
4. Coordination or reactions
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5. Tertiary circular reaction
6. Earl representational thought - answer✔What are the substages of Piaget's sensorimotor
stage?
Birth to 2 years old - answer✔At what age are children in the sensory-motor stage?
-They learn through environmental input they receive through their sense, motor actions they
engage in, and through feedback they receive from their bodies and the environment about
their actions.
-Learn through repeated experiences. - answer✔What do children in the sensorimotor stage
learn?
If they search for the object after it is moved or hidden. - answer✔What is a sign that a child
has developed object permanence?
schema - answer✔Mental constructs or concepts that represent elements of the environment
in categories or classes of things.
object permanence - answer✔The idea that things continue to exist even when they are out of
sight.
-Ability to think logically
-Trouble understanding abstract concepts or hypothetical situations
-Apply logical sequence and cause and effect to things they can see, feel, and manipulate.
-Can conserve
-Develop proficiency in inductive logic
-Reversibility - answer✔What are the characteristics of the concrete operational stage?
reversibility - answer✔The ability to reverse an action or operation.
animism - answer✔Assigning human qualities, feelings, and actions to inanimate objects.
magical thinking - answer✔Attributing cause and effect relationships between own feelings,
thoughts, and environmental events where none exists.
Based upon their sensory perceptions. - answer✔What is preschoolers' thinking based upon?
-Self assess own prejudice
-Teach respect; eliminate stigmas
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11/17/2024 10:19 AM
Pect prek4 module 1 Exam Study Guide.
5 years - answer✔What age do you develop the ability to Conserve?
conserve - answer✔realizing that amounts are the same regardless of their appearance.
Between 2-6 years - answer✔At what age are children in the Preoperational stage?
Piaget's Preoperational stage of cognitive development - answer✔-symbolic representation
especially during pretend/make-believe play
-not yet capable of performing mental "operations".
-intuitive thinking (rather than following logical steps)
-Egocentric
Egocentrism - answer✔Being unable to literally adopt another's point-of-view.
Assimilation - answer✔When we can fit something new into an existing schema.
Accommodation - answer✔When something new cannot be assimilated into an existing
schema; either modify the schema or form a new schema.
Assimilation and Accommodation - answer✔What constitutes the process of adaptation?
It is how they learn about themselves and the world through interactions with their bodies and
the environment. - answer✔Why do babies and children form schemas?
Conservation - answer✔The cognitive ability to understand that objects or substances retain
their properties of #'s or amount even when their appearance, shape, or configuration changes.
1. Inborn reflexes
2. Primary Circular reactions
3. Secondary circular reactions
4. Coordination or reactions
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5. Tertiary circular reaction
6. Earl representational thought - answer✔What are the substages of Piaget's sensorimotor
stage?
Birth to 2 years old - answer✔At what age are children in the sensory-motor stage?
-They learn through environmental input they receive through their sense, motor actions they
engage in, and through feedback they receive from their bodies and the environment about
their actions.
-Learn through repeated experiences. - answer✔What do children in the sensorimotor stage
learn?
If they search for the object after it is moved or hidden. - answer✔What is a sign that a child
has developed object permanence?
schema - answer✔Mental constructs or concepts that represent elements of the environment
in categories or classes of things.
object permanence - answer✔The idea that things continue to exist even when they are out of
sight.
-Ability to think logically
-Trouble understanding abstract concepts or hypothetical situations
-Apply logical sequence and cause and effect to things they can see, feel, and manipulate.
-Can conserve
-Develop proficiency in inductive logic
-Reversibility - answer✔What are the characteristics of the concrete operational stage?
reversibility - answer✔The ability to reverse an action or operation.
animism - answer✔Assigning human qualities, feelings, and actions to inanimate objects.
magical thinking - answer✔Attributing cause and effect relationships between own feelings,
thoughts, and environmental events where none exists.
Based upon their sensory perceptions. - answer✔What is preschoolers' thinking based upon?
-Self assess own prejudice
-Teach respect; eliminate stigmas
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