Outline for Chapter 7

Chapter 7
Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Physical Changes

I growth and motor development
II the brain and nervous system
III health and wellness
IV abuse and neglect

Cognitive Changes

I Piaget’s Preoperational stage: the second stage of cognitive development during which children become proficient in the use of symbols in thinking and communicating but still have difficulty thinking logically.
II Challenges to Piaget’s view
A. conservation: the understanding that matter can change in appearance without changing in quantity.
III Theories of Mind
IV Alternative Theories of Early Childhood Thinking

Changes in Language

I Fast-Mapping
II The grammar explosion
III Phonological Awareness

Differences in Intelligence

I Measuring Intelligence
II Origins od individual differences in intelligence
III Racial differences in intelligence test scores