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Psychiatry
U o U Med Psych
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Psychology
Post-Graduate
11/07/2008

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How is "normal" behavior defined in Psych?
Definition
"Nomalcy" is age-related and disorder related. (A 10 year old passing 3 yr. old milestones is abnormal)
Term
What age does formal schooling begin and why?
Definition
7. The gaining of Operations. Conservation (#, length, liquid volume). Also Classification and Seriation are gained.
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Define Seriation and Classification
Definition

Seriation: Putting things in order

 

Classification: The idea that one set may contain another.

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Why is play important in children around 4 yrs?

 

 

Definition
At 4 years children can communicate well through play but not through speech, it is also the time when children begin to play "with" others cooperatively instead of in parellel.
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