HDFS 210 Chapter 4 Test Questions and Correct Answers

What is the general state of children's bodies and overall health during the preschool years and what are the greatest threats to health during this time? -less round, more slender -muscle size increases, bones become sturdier, organs develop -most severe illness is a cold -greatest threat is an accident How do children's brains' develop during the preschool years? By the end of the preschool period, the corpus callosum becomes thicker, which joins the hemispheres of the brain together. -Lateralization: cognitive functions are located more on one side of the brain than the other -rt. side= creative -lf side= analytical Physical skills developing in preschoolers. Age 3: Child can walk up stairs, no stopping or turning Age 4: Child can walk downstairs and some control in starting and stopping. Can jump Age 5: Can start, stop and turn in games and can do a running jump What are the associations between brain growth and cognitive development in preschool age children? significant growth in the nerves connecting the cerebellum (balance and movement) -growth in cerebral cortex, sophisticated info processing -myelination in the hippocampus associated with memory What fine motor and gross motor skills are developing during the preschool time? Gross: talked about where age 3, 4, 5 walking Fine: at 7 mos, infants favor one hand over the other at age 3, child can draw circle, undo clothes, fit blocks at age 4, draw a person at age 5, hold and manipulate a thin pencil properly What are the general features of the pre-operational stage? (Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory) Child is able to use words to represent objects, child only able to see things from their own perspective. -stage from 2-7, where children's use of symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning emerges, and use of concepts increases.