Exam 9: Art and Physical Mental Growth

Large to small muscle development is also called gross to fine motor development.

The wiring of the brain:

The ability to think abstractly and hypothetically is characteristic of the concrete operations stage.

At birth, the brain has billions of nerve cells called:

___________is the ability to think in the context of change.

Match each skill with the age of child most likely able to perform it. -5- and 6-year-old

The child who moves from reflex action to directed actions toward a goal is in the sensorimotor stage.

Hand-eye coordination:

In the sensorimotor stage according to Piaget, the child can carry out mental actions.

Rapid language growth is characteristic of the preoperational stage.

Growth from head to toe is called cephalocaudal development.

Motor control includes:

Why is visual acuity important in later school success?

__________is the ability to use the hands and eyes at the same time.

What is visual acuity?

Match each skill with the age of child most likely able to perform it. -4-year-old

The three basic directions of growth are

Muscle growth and hand-eye coordination fall under the general category of_____________ .

Characteristics of the formal operations stage are:

Visual acuity has a direct effect on a child's learning ability.