Chapter 10 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Piagetian Approach: Preoperational Stage
Ages 2-7
Expansion in the use of symbolic thought
Not yet able to use logic
Symbolic Function
The ability to use mental representations to which a child has attached meaning
Understanding Object Space
Pictures, maps, and scale models
Transduction
Linking particular experiences
Understanding Identities
The concept that people and things are the same even if they change in form, size, or appearance
Categorization
identifying similarities and differences
Egocentrism
the inability to consider another persons point of view
Recognition
The ability to identify a previously encountered stimulus
Recall
The ability to reproduce material from memory
Generic Memory
Memory that produces scripts of familiar routines to guide behavior
Episodic Memory
long term memory of specific experiences or events
Autobiographical Memory
Distinctive experiences that form a persons life history
Social Interaction Model
Children construct autobiographical memories through conversations with adults about shared events
Low elaborative style
Repeat their own previous statements or questions
Fast mapping
May be a cause for rapid vocabulary growth
Allows a child to pick up the meaning of a new word after only hearing it once or twice
Grammar and syntax at age 3
Begin to use plurals, possessives, past tense
Grammar and syntax at age 4 and 5
Sentences average 4-5 words and may be declarative, negative, interrogative, and imperative
Pragmatics
Knowledge needed to communicate
Social speech
speech intended to be understood by a listener
Who are more likely to be late talkers?
Boys
What pre reading skills do children need to read later on?
Oral language skills and Phonological Skills
What does exposure to TV during the first few years do?
cause poorer cognitive development
Benefits of preschool?
Widens a child’s physical, cognitive and social environment
Montessori
Child-centered, learn at their own pace
Curriculum is individualized
Children work quietly and independently at a task
