Psych140 Module 4 - Early Childhood -
Portage Learning 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
gross motor skills in early childhood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔throwing a ball,
hopping, catching a ball, running, and kicking a ball
fine motor skills in early childhood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cutting paper, pasting,
pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing,
coloring
2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: jump,
throw/catch ball
fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon
3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: walk upstairs
alternating both feet, walk downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball
fine: scissors, button
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, 4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: walk upstairs
and downstairs alternating feet, catch ball with hands
fine: use a fork, cut on a line with scissors
5-6 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: skip, ride a bike
fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words
brain development in early childhood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔further development
of neurons at synapses, myelination, synaptic pruning
preoperational stage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language
but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
substages of preoperational stage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔symbolic function and
intuitive thought
symbolic function substage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(ages 2-4( Child continues to
develop the ability to mentally represent an object that is not present,
working towards abstract thought but not there yet
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Portage Learning 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
gross motor skills in early childhood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔throwing a ball,
hopping, catching a ball, running, and kicking a ball
fine motor skills in early childhood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cutting paper, pasting,
pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing,
coloring
2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: jump,
throw/catch ball
fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon
3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: walk upstairs
alternating both feet, walk downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball
fine: scissors, button
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COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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, 4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: walk upstairs
and downstairs alternating feet, catch ball with hands
fine: use a fork, cut on a line with scissors
5-6 years gross & fine motor skills - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gross: skip, ride a bike
fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words
brain development in early childhood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔further development
of neurons at synapses, myelination, synaptic pruning
preoperational stage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language
but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
substages of preoperational stage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔symbolic function and
intuitive thought
symbolic function substage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(ages 2-4( Child continues to
develop the ability to mentally represent an object that is not present,
working towards abstract thought but not there yet
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COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
