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PSYC 140 - Module 4 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
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
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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At the beginning of the preoperational stage, how do children often play? - Answer✔parallel
play (in same room as other children but play next to them rather than with them)
What is the main function of a child's speech during the preoperational stage? - Answer✔to
externalize the child's thinking rather than to communicate with others.
egocentrism - Answer✔the preoperational child's difficulty of taking another's point of view
animism - Answer✔a child's belief that inanimate objects can have human-like qualities such as
feelings
intuitive thought - Answer✔(ages 4-7) children start to develop reasoning ability to help fulfill
the desire to answer questions
centration - Answer✔in Piaget's theory, the tendency of a young child to focus only on one
feature of an object while ignoring other relevant features
When a child can focus on more than one aspect of a situation at the same time, they have the
ability to __________. - Answer✔decenter
conservation - Answer✔the understanding that physical properties such as mass, volume, and
number remain the same despite changes in appearance
Centration prevents _______. - Answer✔conservation
What features of Piaget's theory have been influential in how teachers are trained to work with
young children? - Answer✔• Teachers should be aware of a child's readiness to learn (don't
rush)
• Learning through exploring the environment (discovery learning)
• Recognize individual differences in learning, don't compare to national norms but rather
compare current progress to previous development
Lev Vygotsky - Answer✔emphasized that cognitive development always occurs in a social
context and with collaborative learning; zone of proximal development; scaffolding
zone of proximal development - Answer✔the difference between what children can do with
assistance and what they can do alone
scaffolding - Answer✔Adjusting the support offered by a teacher to fit the child's current level
of performance
Contrast Piaget's and Vygoysky's theories of education. - Answer✔• For Piaget, language is seen
as secondary to action, i.e., thought precedes language. Vygotsky argues that the development
of language and thought go together and that the origin of reasoning is more to do with our
ability to communicate with others than with our interaction with the material world.
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PSYC 140 - Module 4 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
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
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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At the beginning of the preoperational stage, how do children often play? - Answer✔parallel
play (in same room as other children but play next to them rather than with them)
What is the main function of a child's speech during the preoperational stage? - Answer✔to
externalize the child's thinking rather than to communicate with others.
egocentrism - Answer✔the preoperational child's difficulty of taking another's point of view
animism - Answer✔a child's belief that inanimate objects can have human-like qualities such as
feelings
intuitive thought - Answer✔(ages 4-7) children start to develop reasoning ability to help fulfill
the desire to answer questions
centration - Answer✔in Piaget's theory, the tendency of a young child to focus only on one
feature of an object while ignoring other relevant features
When a child can focus on more than one aspect of a situation at the same time, they have the
ability to __________. - Answer✔decenter
conservation - Answer✔the understanding that physical properties such as mass, volume, and
number remain the same despite changes in appearance
Centration prevents _______. - Answer✔conservation
What features of Piaget's theory have been influential in how teachers are trained to work with
young children? - Answer✔• Teachers should be aware of a child's readiness to learn (don't
rush)
• Learning through exploring the environment (discovery learning)
• Recognize individual differences in learning, don't compare to national norms but rather
compare current progress to previous development
Lev Vygotsky - Answer✔emphasized that cognitive development always occurs in a social
context and with collaborative learning; zone of proximal development; scaffolding
zone of proximal development - Answer✔the difference between what children can do with
assistance and what they can do alone
scaffolding - Answer✔Adjusting the support offered by a teacher to fit the child's current level
of performance
Contrast Piaget's and Vygoysky's theories of education. - Answer✔• For Piaget, language is seen
as secondary to action, i.e., thought precedes language. Vygotsky argues that the development
of language and thought go together and that the origin of reasoning is more to do with our
ability to communicate with others than with our interaction with the material world.
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