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| What is cognitive development? |
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| How does Piaget think children learn? |
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| When we say Piaget's theory is a stage theory, what does that say about how Piaget thought children's thinking developed? |
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| In which of Piaget's stage are children between the ages of 2 and 7? |
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| List and describe 4 ways that children are capable of thinking during the preschool years, accordingbto Piaget's theory. |
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| Give an example of real children engaging in each of these ways of thinking. |
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| List and describe 3 ways that children's thinking during the preschool years in NOT logical in the same way as adult thinking, according to Piaget's theory. |
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| Give an example of real children engaging in each of these ways of thinking. |
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| Why do we see so much make believe play during the preschool years? What cognitive abilities allow children to engage in make believe play? |
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| How does make-believe play change over the preschool years? Give an example that shows the difference in how a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old would engage in make believe play. |
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| What are some social benefits of make-believe play for young children? Cognitive benefits? |
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| What can adults do to support or enhance make-believe play in early childhood? |
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| What is egocentrism? Give an example. |
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| What is animistic thinking? Give an example. |
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| What did Piaget mean by "conservation"? |
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| Describe what a child would do if they did not understand conservation in a conservation of liquid task? Describe what a child would do who did understand conservation? (See the videos on Blackboard). |
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| Describe what a child would do if they did not understand conservation in a conservation of mass task? Describe what a child would do who did understand conservation? (See the videos on Blackboard). |
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| Why do preschool age children have a hard time with these conservation tasks? |
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| How do young children learn best in Vygotsky's view? |
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| Give an example of a culture's "scripts" that a child is learning in a preschool classroom. |
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| Why are people and social interactions important in a child's cognitive development, according to Vygotsky? |
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| What is private speech? Describe how private speech contributes to children learning and developing cognitively, according to Vygotsky. |
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| Give an example of a child engaging in private speech in a way that supports their learning. |
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| In what kinds of situations do adults still talk to themselves? (i.e. use private speech) Why do they do this? |
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| What are some differences in how children learn or prepare for adult roles in traditional societies versus in western cultures? |
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| Describe the process of how children learn according to information processing theory. |
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| What are some improvements in children's attention during preschool years? |
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| Give an example that shows the typical attention abilities of the preschoolers you see in lab. |
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| What is recognition memory? What is recall memory? Which kind of memory do preschoolers find easier? Why? |
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| What kinds of things do preschoolers remember best? |
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| What are some ways adults can support cognitive development in preschoolers? |
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