chapter 9 vocab

children between the ages of 3 through 5

• preschoolers

• postural control

• hand-eye coordination

• window of opportunity

the ability to achieve and maintain a state of balance while preforming an activity, such as jumping up and down or standing on one foot

• preschoolers

• postural control

• hand-eye coordination

• window of opportunity

the ability to move the hands precisely in response to what the eyes see

• preschoolers

• postural control

• hand-eye coordination

• window of opportunity

time frames for optimizing the development of critical skills

• preschoolers

• postural control

• hand-eye coordination

• window of opportunity

thinking about what is remembered

• metamemory

• phonology

• morphology

• intuition

the sounds that make up words

• metamemory

• phonology

• morphology

• intuition

word structures and formations

• metamemory

• phonology

• morphology

• intuition

primitive reasoning based on feelings

• metamemory

• phonology

• morphology

• intuition

the tendency to focus on just one aspect of something seen

• centration

• conservation

• egocentrism

• autonomy

an ability to follow transformation of viewed objects (the properties of objects can remain the same even if the way they look changes)

• centration

• conservation

• egocentrism

• autonomy