PSYC 3404 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Synaptic Pruning, Cognitive Development, Egocentrism
3 Mar 2017
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From ages 3-6: grows 2-3 inches and 5-7 lbs per year, differs across cultures and ses levels, takes 10 is years to lose all 20 baby teeth. Minor illnesses help build up the immune system, so that children experience them less frequently with age. Handedness: preference for using either the right or left hand in gross and ne motor activities. Thinking becomes representational and can use symbols (language) to represent the world. Pre-operational stage: cognitive stage from age 2-7 during which the child becomes capable of representing the world symbolically, but is still very limited in ability to use mental operations. Conservation: mental ability to understand that the quantity of a substance or material remains the same even if its appearance changes. Centration: piaget"s term for young children"s thinking as being centered on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects. Reversibility: ability to reverse an action mentally.
