Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tiptoes, 6 Years, Cognitive Development
24 Oct 2020
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Physical changes between 4-6 years are less dramatic than the rst year of life, but still impressive. Walks in any direction pulling a large toy. Walks up and down stairs one foot per step. The most impressive gains are in large muscle skills. E. g. , you can see the jumping skill increase exponentially during the preschool years. From scribbling to drawing and realizing that art can stand for something. Tangible record of the thinking process (i. e. , you see head and legs) Their art starts telling stories and they start working out problems using art. Detail is added and new concepts are integrated. Set of symbols are developed (i. e. , the sun is a circle with lines that is yellow) Schemes to portray objects that are modi ed with the addition of new information. Realization that there is a de nite order in space (i. e. , everything sits on a line)
