DEP Exam 2 Study Guide Questions and
Answers
The result of myelination on neural processing speed - Answer-Increases speed and efficiency
Activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood - Answer-hopping, jumping, running, jungle
gyms
# of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians in early childhood - Answer-11-13 hours
short sleep duration can lead to - Answer-overweight children
Causes and symptoms of anemia - Answer-iron deficiency and affects muscle and brain function
Piaget's symbolic function - Answer-The 1st substage of pre-operational thought. Occurs between 2-4
yrs, child gains ability to mentally represent and object that is not present.
Piaget's Ecocentrism - Answer-The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone
else's.
, Piaget's Animism - Answer-The belief that inanimate objects have life like qualities and are capable of
action.
Piaget's Conservation - Answer-The awareness that altering an object's or a substances appearance
does not change its basic properties
Piaget's Centration - Answer-A centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others.
Vygotsky's Zone of proximal development - Answer-Range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to
master alone but can be learned w/ guidance and assistance from adults or more skilled children
(Vygostsky) Scaffolding - Answer-Changing the level of support
(Vygotsky) Private Speech - Answer-Use of language for self regulation
Autism - Answer-Diagnosed by age 3, deficits in social interaction and communication skills, high rate of
repetitive behavior,indifference toward others, caused by abnormalities in the brain structure and
neurotransmitters, and genetic factors
Emotion-coaching parents - Answer-parents monitor their child's emotions and coaches them how to
deal effectively
Emotion-Dismissing Parents - Answer-Parents view their role to deny,ignore, or change negative
emotions
Empathy - Answer-ability to understand the emotions & concept of another person
Heteronomous Morality - Answer-4 - 7 years old, 1st stage of moral development. Children think of
justice and rules as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of people
Answers
The result of myelination on neural processing speed - Answer-Increases speed and efficiency
Activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood - Answer-hopping, jumping, running, jungle
gyms
# of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians in early childhood - Answer-11-13 hours
short sleep duration can lead to - Answer-overweight children
Causes and symptoms of anemia - Answer-iron deficiency and affects muscle and brain function
Piaget's symbolic function - Answer-The 1st substage of pre-operational thought. Occurs between 2-4
yrs, child gains ability to mentally represent and object that is not present.
Piaget's Ecocentrism - Answer-The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone
else's.
, Piaget's Animism - Answer-The belief that inanimate objects have life like qualities and are capable of
action.
Piaget's Conservation - Answer-The awareness that altering an object's or a substances appearance
does not change its basic properties
Piaget's Centration - Answer-A centering of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others.
Vygotsky's Zone of proximal development - Answer-Range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to
master alone but can be learned w/ guidance and assistance from adults or more skilled children
(Vygostsky) Scaffolding - Answer-Changing the level of support
(Vygotsky) Private Speech - Answer-Use of language for self regulation
Autism - Answer-Diagnosed by age 3, deficits in social interaction and communication skills, high rate of
repetitive behavior,indifference toward others, caused by abnormalities in the brain structure and
neurotransmitters, and genetic factors
Emotion-coaching parents - Answer-parents monitor their child's emotions and coaches them how to
deal effectively
Emotion-Dismissing Parents - Answer-Parents view their role to deny,ignore, or change negative
emotions
Empathy - Answer-ability to understand the emotions & concept of another person
Heteronomous Morality - Answer-4 - 7 years old, 1st stage of moral development. Children think of
justice and rules as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of people
