Early Childhood Cognitive Development

Flashcards for Early Childhood Cognitive Development Lecture Review

Executive thinking starts around year ____.

2

Children's theories help them __ experiences.

interpret

The five steps of theory-theory are ___ .

ask, hypotheses, data gathering, conclusion, and share results

Theory of mind is when children have a theory of how ___ .

others think

___children and children with __ tend to have an earlier theory of mind.

Bilingual, siblings

The ability to __ is linked to an advanced theory of mind.

lie

__ is the ability to control responses.

Inhibition

__ thinking involves seeing things from different perspectives.

Flexibility

Piaget's theory: ___focuses on (nature) while Vygotsky's: ___, focuses on (nurture).

preoperational thought, social learning

Thinking in __ is characteristic of Piaget's preoperational stage.

symbols

__ is when children think inanimate objects are alive.

Animism

__ is the term for the assistance offered by mentors in Vygotsky's theory.

Scaffolding

The __ __ is the zone where children can learn with assistance.

Zone of Proximal Development

__ involves imitating irrelevant habits.

Overimitation

__ speech refers to children talking to themselves to aid self-reflection.

Private

STEM learning includes Science, Technology, __.

Engineering, and Math

__ is focusing on only one aspect of a situation.

Centration

___is the belief that the world is unchanging.

Static

__ is when children apply grammar rules when they shouldn't.

Overregulation

__ is knowing what words to use with whom.

Pragmatics