Chapter 7: Review & Preview What are some major characteristics of the early childhood period? You have just finished reading Little Red Riding Hood with your preschool class. Think of 5 activities you could now do to build on the story. Describe the activities and which area of development they highlight. Be sure to choose at least one activity for each of the three major areas of development: physical, cognitive, and emotional and social. Physical Development A Changing Body and Brain Influences of Physical Growth and Health Motor Development Cognitive Development Piaget’s Theory: The Preoperational Stage Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory Information Processing Individual Differences in Mental Development Language Development

How does growth in early childhood compare to growth before early childhood? Describe brain growth in early childhood. How does this help to describe some of the other changes we see in this age period?

Quiz 8 1.During the preschool years, Erikson viewed the main psychological conflict as _____________________________________. During this stage, he regarded _________________ as the central means through which children find out about themselves and their social world. 2.True or False: Language contributes to preschoolers’ improved emotional self-regulation. 3.(Proactive/reactive) aggression occurs when children act to fulfill a need or desire – obtain an object, privilege, space, or social reward – and unemotionally attack a person to achieve their goal. Whereas (proactive/reactive) aggression occurs as an angry, defensive response to provocation or a blocked goal and is meant to hurt another person. 4.Gabe believes that if a woman dresses up like a man, she becomes a man. Gabe has yet to develop gender__________. a. identity b. schema c. stereotyping d. constancy