Exam 3 chapter 9

Question 1

Centration

Answer 1

Tendency to focus on one thought/aspect of situation and exclude all others
Ex kid only focuses on cigarette flying not how it got there

Question 2

Egocentrism

Answer 2

Tendency to view Nd think about world from own personal perspective
Ex if ur sick and kid gives u their bear but they’re crying bc they’re giving u their bear(making it about themselves)

Question 3

Focus of appearance

Answer 3

Child ignores all attributes except appearance

ex talller= more shorts=less

Question 4

Static Resoning

Answer 4

Child assumes world is unchanging

Ex mom will read a story forever

Question 5

Irreversibility

Answer 5

Children have difficulty reveesing direction of thinking

Ex can find teddy bear bc they can’t reverse their actions

Question 6

Lack of conservation

Answer 6

Conservation is principal that amount of substance is unaffected by changes in appearance
Ex: pile w more spread out stuff has more than hunched pile

Question 7

Symbolic thinking

3-6

Answer 7

Playing pretend

Question 8

theory of mind

Answer 8

Coming up w hypothesis of what other is thinking

Question 9

Magical thinking

Answer 9

Santa

Question 10

Imaginary companions

Answer 10

Norma
Shows intellectual thinking
Demonstrates consistency

Question 11

Vocab

Answer 11

3 yrs: 900-1000

6yrs: speaks 2,600, knows 20k

Question 12

Fast mapping

Answer 12

A mental charting of language

Question 13

Receptive language

Answer 13

Language y know/understand

Question 14

Expressive language

Answer 14

Words u speak