NUR 250: Human and Growth Development
Name: Faye Nguyen
Person #: 36865471
Preschooler Worksheet
Directions: Use the book and your notes to help you answer the following questions.
1. Give the definitions of Lateralization and Myelination:
Lateralization is the process where specific skills and competencies become
localized in a particular cerebral hemisphere. For example motor functions such
as hand and foot control and sensations are lateralized with left hemisphere
controlling the right side of the body and vice versa.
Myelination is maturation of the brain and cerebral nervous system which
includes the formation of sheathing cells that insulate the neurons and make
transmission of neural impulses much more efficient.
2. What are the characteristics of Piaget’s theory of Preoperational thought?
Give examples for each.
Egocentrism: thinking about the world from their own perspective.
Centration: focusing on one aspect of a situation.
Focus on Appearance: focusing only on what is apparent.
Symbolic Representation: using actions, images, or words to represent past or present
events, experiences, and concepts.
3. What 2 theories did Lev Vygotsky have about preschoolers?
Scaffolding and Zone of Proximal Development
4. For the following questions/statements, highlight either True or False:
 Recall refers to the ability to correctly identify objects or situations
previously experienced when they appear again.
TRUE
FALSE
 Private Talk, or talking out loud to yourself or an inanimate object, is very
beneficial to a young child for improving social skills and becoming more
creative.
TRUE
FALSE
 Girls have a more sophisticated vocabulary and advanced verbal skills
than boys as a result of playing with dolls.
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TRUE
FALSE
Physical aggression typically decreases at the beginning of early
childhood and then increases as verbal aggression begins to replace it.
TRUE
FALSE
Prosocial behavior is influenced by heredity and the environment.
TRUE
FALSE
Children form gender constancy before gender identity.
TRUE
FALSE
5. Match the following Defense Mechanisms with the correct description.
__C_____Reaction Formation
A) Incorporation the values, attitudes,
and beliefs of others.
___D____Denial
B) Substituting something or someone
else for the real source of anger or fear.
__A_____Identification
C) Behaving opposite to your
inclinations.
__E_____Repression
D) Refusing to admit that a situation or
event happened.
___B____Displacement
E) Extreme form of denial, in which
person unconsciously erases a
frightening event from awareness.
__G _____Rationalization
F) Removing your self from an
unpleasant situation.
____F___Withdrawal
G) Persuading yourself that you do not
want what you can’t have.
___H____Regression
H) Returning to an earlier infantile
form.
__I_____Repression
I) Attributing undesirable thoughts or
actions to someone else and in the
process distorting reality.
6. Which theorist once said, “Play is the child’s work.”
____Piaget_____________________
According to this theorist, use the word bank to place the correct type of play
with the appropriate age. (Definitions are in the box below each type of play)
Solitary Play Associative
Cooperative Onlooker Play
Parallel
Play
Play
Play
Play with
toys but no
interaction
with others
Share
materials but
do not
coordinate
activities
2 years old
Engage in
single
activity
together
3 years old
__parallel play______ _onlooker play____
6 years old
cooperative play
Observe others
as they play
4 years old
solitary play
Play next to
each other
but do not
interact
5 years old
associative play