Teaching Ch 9 - The Preschool Years

​ (a)   is where children play and interact with one another.

• Cooperative play
• Parallel play
• Associative play
• Solitary play

Match the following cognitive skills to the appropriate definitions.

• What can be done can also be undone.

• Classification

• Putting objects in an order based on size, weight, etc.

• Sorting

• The change of an object from one state to another.

• Reversal

• Placing classified objects into smaller groups based on how they are alike and different.

• Seriation

• Putting objects into sets based on common trait.

• Transformation

Which is NOT true about preschoolers' physical growth?

• Physical growth increases greatly

• Size varies due to individual growth patterns

• Very active & energetic

• Skills are practiced by participating in the action again & again

During preschool years, skills like jumping, throwing, kicking, pedaling on a tricycle or bicycle are examples of?

• Fine Motor Skills

• Large Muscle Skills

• Little Muscle Skills

• Gross Motor Skills

Fine motor skills developed in preschool years include which of the following?

• Getting Dressed

• Riding a bike with no training wheels

• Drawing shapes such as circle, square, triangle

• Spreading something like peanut butter with a knife

True or False? By preschool years social skills like sharing and using manners are better

• True

• False

In Erik Erikson's stage of Initiative vs. Guilt, what does initiative mean?

• The ability to take on new challenges

• The ability to work independently

• The decision & motivation to accomplish more tasks than expected or asked.

• Feeling shame over failing to complete a task successfully, feeling embarrassed over attempting something.

Which statement best explains preschooler moral development?

• Preschoolers are learning to recognize the consequences of their actions.

• Preschoolers are beginning to develop a conscious and the reasons behind rules.

• Preschoolers are developing the ability to empathize with others.

• Preschoolers not yet able to understand the importance of following rules.

True or False? Preschoolers are still egocentric (self-focused).

• True

• False

Preschoolers are in which of Piaget's stage of Cognitive Development?

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational