Exam 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

According to Jean Piaget,which of the following should children in the preoperational period be able to understand?

Jean Piaget believed that children's cognitive growth develops through

Parents in poorer families are more likely to engage in _____ with their children than parents in wealthier families.

Freya,a 5-year-old,is having lunch.Her mother pours a tall glass of milk,but Freya objects,saying she hates milk.Her mother then pours all of the milk into a shorter,wider glass,and tells Freya that she can have this instead.This makes Freya happy because she now believes that she has less milk.Freya has not yet mastered the concept of

Anything that stands for something other than itself is a

When little Gwendolyn is having trouble adding two-digit numbers,her teacher hints that maybe she needs to think about how to carry numbers.With that hint,Gwendolyn sees her error and begins to solve the problem correctly.The teacher's hint is a form of

The _____ is the idea that anything can be counted.

Piaget viewed language acquisition as

Most preschoolers fall into Jean Piaget's _____ period of cognitive development.

According to Barbara Rogoff (2003),children learn their society's values and practices through

When investigating the structural quality of child-care facilities,researchers look at the

Piaget believed that parents and teachers can,and should,

According to Jean Piaget,when a child pretends that a stuffed moose is a baby,he is engaging in

The concept of a child's theory of mind is most closely associated with Piaget's concept of

_____ allows children to get a basic sense of a word's meaning after only a few instances.

Four-year-old Kendra has tied a cloth around her waist and is "cooking" with her toy blocks and workbench,just like her Dad does every day in the kitchen.Kendra is engaging in

Three-year-old Ceres is playing with her toy farm.She has 15 cows,3 pigs,and 2 horses.When her older brother asks whether there are more cows or more animals,she happily yells out,"more cows!" Ceres has not yet mastered the concept of

During Jean Piaget's preoperational period of cognitive development,children learn to engage in

Judith asks her daughter Sofia what happens at a fast food restaurant.Sofia tells her that you go in,stand on line,look at the menu,ask for what you want,pay for it,get your food,sit down,eat,clean up,and leave.Sofia has stored this information in

Four-year-old Keith has tied a cloth around his waist and is "cooking" with his toy blocks and workbench,just like his Dad does every day in the kitchen.Keith is engaging in