CD Ch 15 Intellectual Dev. of Preschooler

How does pretend play change during the preschool years?

• Preschoolers take on a greater variety of roles

• Preschoolers prefer to play alone

• Symbols become more realistic

• Preschoolers choose more realistic contexts for play

What is memory capacity?

• Size of the memory area of the brain

• How much is remembered

• How much a person is capable of remembering

• What a person does with his or her memory

How do children solve problems in the intuitive substage?

• Logical thinking

• Feeling their way through problems

• Phsyical trial and error

• Reading about solutions

If a child links events without using logic, this is known as _____.

• prelogical thinking

• centration

• transductive reasoning

• transformation

The illogical idea that everything has an identifiable and understandable purpose is known as______.

• finalism

• artificialism

• egocentrism

• animism

Which display of cause and effect would a preschooler be most likely to understand?

• People can hear their pulses because their hearts beat

• Storms occur when warm or cold fronts meet

• Filling a bucket with water makes it heavier

• People can get sick because of bacteria

What is egocentric speech?

• Speech that seeks to strengthen a person's ego

• Speech that indicates selfish qualities

• Speech that uses first person pronouns

• Speech that assumes the listener understands and communicates as the speaker does

If preschoolers communicate illogical explanations for events, how should adults respond?

• Adults should dismiss the illogical explanation and praise the child

• Adults can correct the explanation, but should not expect preschoolers to understand

• Adults should punish children for illogical thinking

• Adults should clearly communicate the logical explanation and assess the child on it later

Why do experts debate teaching written symbols to preschoolers?

• Preschool children learn best when they create their own symbols

• Kindergartens do not expect preschoolers to have any writing skills

• Problem-solving skills are best learned through convergent thinking

• Preschool children learn best by solving abstract problems

The idea that all aspects of literacy are developmental and learned in interactive ways beginning in infancy is known as ____.

• reading readiness

• emergent literacy

• holistic language

• the maturational theory of child development