Early Childhood Cognitive Development

A child who says "I goed home and eated lunch" is learning grammar but has not yet learned to apply the rules to some areas instead of all areas. This is an example of :

• Conservation

• Overregularization

• Theory of Mind

• Syncretism

A Child trips while playing jump rope and calls the jump rope "mean" This is an example of -

• Conservation

• Animism

• Semantic meaning

• Syncretism

The author gives the example of her young daughter asking if they wear swimsuits will it be summer... This shows:

• Animism

• Conservationism

• Syncretism

• egocentrism

Theory of mind refers to the idea that:

• a person is aware that their brain is capable of making mistakes

• An understanding of how conservation works in a child's cognition.

• Syncretism and Animism can occur at the same time

• If a two year old sees something and wants it they believe it is theirs.

Children are able to understand conservation when they recognize that:

• Items cut in half are clearly "more" than items not cut in half and therefore are of greater value

• Objects maintain their value, volume &/or mass even if their appearance changes.

• Liquids loose mass when transferred between containers.