Exam 9: Art and Physical Mental Growth

Young children learn physically as they do things mentally.

The billions of nerve cells in our brain at birth are called____________ .

Why is disproportion in body shape common in the early years of life?

The ability to classify by different categories is characteristic of the concrete operations stage.

According to Piaget, children:

Using basic logic that is tied to physical reality is characteristic of the:

In the preoperational stage, the child:

In the sensorimotor stage of Piaget's theory, the child:

The number of neurons:

Why do 3-year-olds generally have trouble using scissors?

A good early childhood program should have a mixture of both small and large motor tools and activities.

According to Piaget, the foundation of all mental development takes place in____________ .

Small muscles in fingers, hands, and wrists are used in art activities such as painting, cutting, pasting, and clay modeling.

A child achieves object permanence in the preoperational stage.

The growth pattern that explains why a child can tumble before doing push-ups is __________.

The ability to reverse actions (make transformations) generally occurs in the:

A child in the concrete operations stage:

___________is the ability to see and recognize shape and form.

Hand-eye coordination is directly related to large and small motor development.

The third pattern of development is cephalocaudal development.