6.01 Play: Early Childhood Education Questions with Answers
Sensorimotor Stage - CORRECT ANSWER From birth to age two; chilfren focus on what thry
... [Show More] experience, including what they can hear, see, and seel. Develop the concept of object permanence, learn to walk, become mobile and start to speak.
Preoperational Stage - CORRECT ANSWER Language development and the beginning of symbolic thought and a new ability to understand the world. Typically starts around 18 to 24 months (two to seven). Language fully develops, along with memory. Imagination and the ability to engage in pretend flourish. May not be able to understand logical concepts, like cause and effect, time and comparison.
Concrete Operational Stage - CORRECT ANSWER Lasts from the age seven to twelve ; chilren become more aware of the world around them, of their own place in the world, and of the thoughts and feelings of others. While children are ready to learn academic skills, they may not be capable of highly symbolic learning and thought. Their thoughts become more complex, logical (but may still struggle with complex, symbolic problems or questions).
Formal Operational Stage - CORRECT ANSWER The final stage of cognitive ability. Begins around twelve and lasts until approximately age seventeen ; during this time, children are capable of complex thought, including symbolic thought. They are ready to learn complex material and abstract concepts.
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER Complete opposite of everything else. The idea that the enviorment that the child is rasied in is more important that the genetics in terms of development. Believes that children and animals are no different; blank slates. Nuture > nature.
Unoccupied Play - CORRECT ANSWER Typically from birth to three monthd and consists of what appear to be random, uncontrolled movements by the infant.
Solitary Play - CORRECT ANSWER Begins around three months and lasts approximately eighteen months. Children explore their enviorments, largely without interaction from adults or other children.
Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWER From around eighteen to twenty-four months, children engage in parralel play. They play next to each other, but not with each other. During this stage, children interact only minimally.
Onlooker Play - CORRECT ANSWER Begins during the toddler years. The child watches others play but does not engage in play with them. Onlooker play may continue beyond toddler years.
Associative Play - CORRECT ANSWER Begins around age three. Children begin to actively interact with one another, navigating social relationships and preferring the company of other children to toys or individual activity.
Cooperative Play - CORRECT ANSWER Begins somewhat later, around the age of four or five. This play is organized by the children, with a leader and a set of rules for the game.
Motor Play - CORRECT ANSWER Includes a variety of physical play, including jumping, running, playing ball, or climbing. Tag and hide-and-seek are also examples of motor play. Playground equipment (both indoor and outdoor) can facilitate this type of play too. Also includes fantasy and expressive play.
Expressive Play - CORRECT ANSWER Offers children the opportunity to share their feelings and process emotions as well as express thoughts in different ways. Art and musical materials provide an excellent opportunity for expressive play.
Constructive Play - CORRECT ANSWER Allows children to explore, create, and manipulate objects. While drawing or coloring are forms of constructive play, so too is playing with sand, building with clay, or playing with blocks.
Fantasy Play - CORRECT ANSWER This is pretend play. It may be fanciful or realistic and can be solitary or involve groups of children. Pretend play may become quite comples or ongoing when children are offered the opportunity for long blocks of time devoted to free play. [Show Less]