Vocabulary

2. Perception or insight based on feelings.
4. Thinking about memory.
7. stage, Piaget’s second stage of cognitive development in which young children are beginning to use more rational thought processes.
8. play, Children interact while involved in parallel play.
11. parenting style, Parenting style that gives children control of situations with few limits.
12. Roles, Expectations about what is expected of boys and girls.
13. The inability to take another person’s perspective.
14. Disease that causes inflammation of the airways in the lungs.
15. Refers to word structures and formations.
16. identity, A child’s sense about being a boy or a girl.
18. Refers to the sounds that make up words.
19. Start, Government funded preschool program which focuses on preparing disadvantage children for school.
21. control, Being able to achieve and maintain a state of balance while performing an activity such as jumping.
22. parenting style, Parenting style that tends to be controlling and corrective.
26. Sentence structure.
28. play, Play that involves creating something.
29. A reaction that has developed because of the immune system’s overreaction to a norm harmless substance in the environment.
31. deficit hyperactivity disorder, Learning disability that includes hyperactivity also a difficult staying on task (ADHD).
34. Thinking about thinking processes.
35. Formal or logical processes that are organized mental processes.

1. Understanding transformation of view objects.
3. of opportunity, Ideal time frames for optimizing the development of critical skills because the brain is most receptive to learning.
5. Play, Using repetitive motions in play such as moving a toy car in circles.
6. versus guilt, Erikson’s stage when young children begin to be productive for themselves.
9. Children between the ages of 3 through 5.
10. morality, The first level in Kohlberg’s theory of moral development in which people make decisions based on whether or not they will be punished or rewarded.
17. The tendency of young children to focus on just one aspect of something seen.
20. play, Children participate in constructive play together.
23. spectrum disorder, A developmental disability that leads to problems with social behaviors and communication.
24. Food guidance system created by the USDA to help people ages 2 and older make healthful food choices.
25. Using language properly.
27. parenting style, Parenting style that offers support with firm expectations also called authoritative parenting style.
30. and eye coordination, Using visual input to guide a hand activity.
32. Meaning of words.
33. allergies, Food triggering a response by the body’s immune system which can lead to severe reactions.