Preschool Appropriate Practice Exam
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Caregivers should plan and prepare experiences that are fun, stimulating and offer
handson oppurtunites for learning that are challenging and achieveable -Answer- ✔...
Young children need: -Answer- ✔variety of experiences
Lots of play options
Socialization
exopusue to rich language
Four stageas of cognitive development according to Piaget: -Answer- ✔Sensorimotor: 0-
2
Preoperational 2-7
Concrete Operational 7-11
Formal operations 11+
Preoperational takes place from: -Answer- ✔2-7 years old
During the preoperational stage young children what? -Answer- ✔learn about their
world through their action. This is why hands-on learning is crucial.
During the preoperational stage young children what? -Answer- ✔children tend to think
illogically
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Concrete Operational -Answer- ✔In this stage a child might think for example that a
paretn has arrived at the program to pick them up because they want to go home ,not
understanduing that the parent has arrived because their work day is over
the thinking process is _______ -Answer- ✔non-sequential
children at this age are_____ meaning they do not perceive consequences of their
actions upon others -Answer- ✔Egocentric
According to Piaget, the pre-operational stage is from 2-7 and id most relevant to young
children. During this stage young children learn about their world through their actions -
Answer- ✔...
Ways to implement developmentally approproate practice to support the growth of
young children during this stage by -Answer- ✔hands onactivites so they can progress,
reading, singing songs, and listeing to music.
Pigets theory explains how children interact with their enviroment to construct
knowledge -Answer- ✔...
Erik Erikson -Answer- ✔8 conflicts in emtional development
He proposes that individuals must go through each of the 8 stages in a ____ order -
Answer- ✔sequential
People who succesfully ____ each __ are better able to lead a healthy and socially and
emotionally connected life -Answer- ✔resilve, conflict
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