Post Midterm 2 - 2

Question 1

What is piaget’s preoperational stage?

Answer 1

Ages 2-7. Gains mental representation through make-believe play and dual representation. Sensorimotor activity leads to internal images of experience, which children then label with words.

Question 2

What is dual representation?

Answer 2

For example, a child knowing a doll house is just an object, but also a representation of someone’s life and actual family home.

Question 3

What is the development of make-believe play?

Answer 3

Gradually becomes more detached from real-life conditions, less self-centered, more complex sociodramatic play.

Question 4

What are the benefits of make-believe play?

Answer 4

During social pretend, interactions lasts longer, show more involvement and draw children into the activity in a more cooperative manner. Make-believe strengthens a variety of mental abilities, such as: sustained attention, logic, memory, reasoning and creativity.

Question 5

How are kids who do a lot of make-believe play advantaged?

Answer 5

Independence, ability to another persons viewpoint, more endearing as companions.

Question 6

How can you enhance make-believe play in early childhood?

Answer 6

Provide sufficient play materials, offer both realistic materials and materials without clear functions, ensure that children have many rich, real-word experiences to inspire positive fantasy play, help children solve social conflicts constructively.

Question 7

When is dual representation mastered?

Answer 7

Around age 3.

Question 8

What is egocentrism?

Answer 8

Failture to distinguish others’ views from one’s own

Question 9

What are the limitations of ___?

Answer 9

1. Ego-centrism
2. Centration
3. No hierarchal classification

Question 10

What are conservation tasks?

Answer 10

If you have two glasses of water, and you pour one of the glasses of water in to a different jar, do you have the same amount of water still?

Question 11

What is animistic thinking?

Answer 11

Belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts or wishes.

Question 12

What is a catalyst for cognitive development?

Answer 12

Children questions. Majority of children’s questions are information-seeking (not requests).

Question 13

What are the educational principles derived from pianist theory?

Answer 13

Discovery learning, sensitivity to children’s readiness to learn, acceptance of individual differences.

Question 14

What is childrens private speech in cognitive development?

Answer 14

Helps guide behaviour and gradually becomes more silent.

Question 15

What did piaget call private speech?

Answer 15

Egocentric speech.

Question 16

What did Vygotsky think of private speech?

Answer 16

Viewed it as a foundation for all higher cognitive processes.