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| children insist on eating only certain foods |
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| axons coated w/ myelin (fatty substance) that speeds transmission neuron to neuron |
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| band of nerve fibers that connects left & right hemispheres. |
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| planning, selecting, coordination, thought, emotional control. |
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| crucial in expression and regualtion of emotions |
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| tiny structure that regulates emotions such as fear and anxiety |
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| responds to amygdala & hippocampus to produce hormones that activate other parts of brain/body |
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| piaget preoperational thought |
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pre-logical reasoning
cognitive development between ages 2-6
*language & imagination
*symbolic thought
no operational thought |
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| Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development |
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1. centration - egocentrism
2. focus on appearance
3. static reasoning
4. irreversibility |
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child focuses on one idea
-Piaget |
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children think about world from their own personal perspective
-Piaget |
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child ignores all attrirbutes that arent apparent
-Piaget
* i thought i was a boy because of my short hair cut |
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| child thinks nothing changes |
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| child thinks nothing can be undone |
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| something reamins the same despite changes in apperance. |
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belief that objects are alive
clouds are alive
house is alive |
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| Vgotsky's sociocultural theory |
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children as apprentices in thinking
guided participation
scaffolding
zone of proximal development |
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apprentice thinking
-Vygotsky |
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| cognition stimulated and directed by older skilled |
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| temporary support to enabel learning new skills |
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zone of proximal development
"zpd"
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| skills - cognitive, physical that a person can do with help |
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fluent in two languages not favoring
one over the other |
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uses childs play rather than adult direction
Piaget inspired model
allows kids to learn at own pace
*Reggio Emilia
*Montessori |
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| teacher directed programs |
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| stressed academic subjects taught by a teacher to a entire class |
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| free for everyone early education |
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| 1965 widespread U.S. early child education provided by governement |
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