HDFS 2950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Logical Reasoning, Executive Functions, Magical Thinking

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Human Development and Family Science
• Course: HDFS 2950
• Professor: Kimberlee Spencer

Document Summary

Between ages 2 and 6, the brain increases to 90% of its adult weight. undergoes reshaping and refining. Preschoolers improve in physical coordination. perception, attention, and memory. language. logical thinking. imagination. Taller, more muscular bodies move more quickly, acquire skills earlier. Boys are ahead in skills requiring power and force. Girls are advantaged in fine-motor skills and in skills requiring good balance and foot movement. Motor skills are best mastered through everyday play: Preschoolers should have at least 60 minutes a day of adult-structured play, plus several hours of child-directed play. Sensorimotor activity leads to internal images of experience, which children then label with words. With growing symbolic mastery, play detaches from real-life conditions associated with it. becomes less self-centered. includes more complex combinations of schemes. By the end of the second year, children engage in sociodramatic play with peers. Offer a variety of realistic materials as well as materials without clear functions.