Physical & Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Chapter 7 Physical & Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 01
Physical & Motor Development Between 2 & 6 years old... Grow 12 inches Gain 5 lbs. per year Legs make up 45% of body Lose baby teeth Physical & Motor Development 02
03 Glia Cells Brain Development Even the toys we play with shape our brains…. 03
Influences on Physical Development Genetic Elements Nutrition Disease Psychological Disturbance Socioeconomic Status Secular Trends Tanner 04 Physical growth is NOT determined by our heredity alone….
Growing Motor Skills 05
The Special Case of Drawing Drawing by a 3 year old Drawing by a 4 year old 06 Drawing by a 5 year old
Cognitive Development Piaget’s Preoperational Period Realism Animism Artificialism It’s ALIVE!!! 07 “Man made the sun from a match.” Thought Sequence
Preoperational Thought Piaget’s 5 Preoperational Behavior Patterns Deferred Imitation Symbolic Play Drawing Mental Images Language 08 Reproductive vs. Anticipatory Images
Limitations of Preoperational Thought Egocentrism Centration Classification Conservation Reversibility Limitations of Preoperational Thought Egocentrism 09 Conservation
Information-Processing Theory Span of Apprehension Rehearsal Organization Retrieval What are the names of the seven dwarfs? Goofy Bashful Sleepy Meanie Smarty Doc Scaredy Happy Dopey Angry Grumpy Sneezy Wheezy Crazy 10
Children’s Theory of Mind Age 3 Age 2 Age 4 11 False-Belief Test