Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

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The ability to use a mental symbol, a word, or an object, to represent something that is not physically present.

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Symbolic function

Front

What do we call the knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects?

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Conservation

Front

What type of thinking does not take into account the viewpoint of others?

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Egocentric thinking

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What type of thinking reflects preschoolers' use of primitive reasoning and their avid acquisition of knowledge about the world?

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Intuitive thought

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Which child psychologist believed cognitive development was the result of social interactions and proposed children learn through guided participation, working with MKO's (more knowledgeable others) to solve problems?

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Lev Vygotsky

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According to Lev Vygotsky, the level at which a child can almost, but not fully, comprehend or perform a task without assistance?

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Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

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According to Vygotsky, what is spoken language that is not intended for others and is commonly used by children in their preschool years?

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private speech

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Speech that is directed toward another person and is meant to be understood by that person?

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Social speech

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What is the process called where one state is changed into another?

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Transformation

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What is the approach that focuses on the kinds of "mental programs" that children use when approaching problems and represents the dominant, most comprehensive, and most accurate explanation of how children develop cognitively?

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Information Processing Theory