Early Childhood

Piaget Stage age 2-7

Representational Skills

Limitations of Preoperational thought

Perception Based Thinking

Unidimensional Thought

Irreversibility

Transductive Reasoning

Egocentrism

Theory of Mind

Awareness of Mental Life (age 2)

Mastery of False Beliefs (about age 4)

What factors contribute to Theory of Mind?

What is Personal Identity?

How do children describe themselves?

What is Personal Storytelling?

What are some ways children show interest in their personal narrative?

What's the difference between personal storytelling in western vs eastern cutlures?

What's the difference between personal storytelling depending on SES?

What is Gender Typing?

What are the most important factors in Gender Typing?

What does Social Learning Theory say about Gender Identity?

What does Cognitive-Developmental Theory have to say about Gender Typing?

What does Gender Schema Theory have to say about Gender Typing?

Emotional Regulation

Explain how language is used in emotional regulation.

Explain how active engagement is used in emotional regulation.

What are the consequences of not being able to regulate emotions as a child?

What are the three ways young children learn to self-control?

What are the stages of play?

What is solitary play?

What is onlooker play?

What is parallel play?

What is associateive play?

What is cooperative play?

What are the types of play?

What is Constructive play?

What is First Pretend play?

What is Substitute Pretend play?

What is sociodramatic play?

What is Rule Governed play?

What is aggression?

What sorts of things predict the aggressiveness of a child?

What is empathy?

What makes a child adopt prosocial behaviors?

What does stimulation entail when discussing the context of a home environment?

What does environment entail when discussing the context of a home environment?

What are some impacts of Daycare?

What is the purpose of Preschool?

What does Head Start do?