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level: MODULE 1 PRINCIPLES OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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level questions: MODULE 1 PRINCIPLES OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Question	Answer
- capable of thinking in terms of possibility rather than limited to thinking about what already is.	Abstract Thinking
taking in information and changing it to fix their existing ideas common in preschoolers	Accommodation
Animals and inanimate objects as being capable of thought and feelings also known as magical thinking	Animism
- taking in information and changing it to fix their existing ideas	Assimilation
– It is the ability to discern truth, even though physical properties change. This is common among school-age children.	Conservation
It is the ability to see only one of the object’s characteristics	Centering
Indicates an increase in skill or the ability to function	Development
– It is a skill or a growth responsibility arising at a particular time in an individual’s life, the achievement of which will provide a foundation for the accomplishment of future tasks.	Developmental Task
- when they are able to see only one of the object’s characteristics	Egocentrism
Increase in the number and size of cells; measured in terms of quantity; orderly and predictable but not even.	Growth
- It means development of those cells until they are ready to function	Maturation
- infants learn objects in the environment – their bottle, blocks, their bed, or even a parent – are permanent and continue to exist even though they are out of sight or changed in some way	Permanence
– It is the ability to retrace steps.	Reversability
This is how preschoolers would like something to turn out.	Role fantasy
– They are the finer units of each stage of cognitive development according to Piaget.	Schemas
- is practical intelligence during infancy, because words and symbols for thinking and problem solving are not yet available at this early age	Sensorimotor Intelligence
y is a systematic statement of principles that provides a framework for explaining some phenomenon.	Theory
- It is the usual reaction pattern of an individual or an individual’s characteristic manner of thinking, behaving or reacting to stimuli in the environment. It is an inborn characteristic	Temperament
What are the two parameters of Growth?	Weight and Height
Increase in the number and size of cells; measured in terms of quantity; Orderly and predictable but not even.	Growth