Exam 7: Preschoolers: Physical, Neurocognitive, Emotional, Intellectual and Social Development in a Nutshell

Many studies conducted in Australia, Europe and North America over several decades have shown that many individuals with autism never develop a fully functional theory of mind.

Preoperational children judge things primarily on how they look.

Siegal (1997), has argued that conversational factors in the standard Piaget testing situations may limit young childrens' capacity to express their genuine understanding of abstract concepts. Which of the following is an example of the potential confusing factors?

An accurate understanding of memory and its limitations is known as _____________ .

Total brain volume of the grey and white matter combined _____________ between birth and age six.

According to Zaporozhets and Elkonin (1971), children displayed the highest level of memory when involved in peer play.

Which of the following skills is a three- year- old typically capable of?

A five- year- old child saying, 'a log floats because it is big', is an example of what form of reasoning?

A child's ability to feel and display sympathy towards others in distress typically develops around:

According to an ABS survey, _____________ percent of Australia's children up to the age of 14 years old had been injured seriously enough in the four weeks preceding the survey to require medical attention, as compared to _____________ percent of adults over age 65.

Which of the following cognitive functions are not believed to be lateralised in the right hemisphere?

Piaget argued for treating very early memories with some _____________

Safety greatly increases for preschoolers as their motor ability and athletic activity develop at the same rate as their cognitive capacities for planning and judging risk.

By the age of _____________ most children know their own name, can recognise themselves in photographs and mirrors and can accurately answer the basic gender identity question.

Which of the following is true regarding theory of mind?

According to Piaget, classification refers to:

Closure is when the logical and mathematical operations are mentally grouped such that all parts of individual operations are also part of the group.

A typical five- year- old is able to thread a needle.

Vygotsky's sociocultural theory places less emphasis than Piaget's on variations in cognitive skills in different cultural environments, the value of social interaction for promoting cognitive growth and cross- cultural variation in developmental patterns.

A preschool child's understandings of people's mental states and the influences of thoughts, feelings and intentions on behaviour is referred to as _____________