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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gross motor skills | the abilities usually acquired during infancy and early childhood as part of a child's motor development |
| Fine motor skills | the coordination of small muscle movements which occur in the fingers, usually in coordination with the eyes |
| Breast milk is recommended during the first 6-12 months because it provides... | all essential nutrients, natural immunity to disease, easier digestion, sterile and warm feeding, health advantages for the mother, and emotional advantages for both. |
| Movement through the stages and acquisition of knowledge occurs as a result of.. | Physical maturation and direct experience in the environment. |
| Transitions | Movement through stages in a gradual process. Both quantity and quality of knowledge increase. |
| scheme | organized patterns of knowledge. |
| Assimilation | the process in which people understand a new experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and existing ways of thinking. |
| accomodation | changing of schemes |
| Stages of cognitive development | sensorimotor (B-2), preoperational (2-6), concrete operational, formal operational. |
| Sensorimotor stage | No evidence of symbolic thought, no understanding of tenses, "seven-week shift", realization of more than self, achieves object permanence. |
| Humans are born with basic instinctual and unconscious urges called... | Eros(life instinct)=sex, Thanatos (death instinct)=aggression. |