AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Early childhood intellectual development includes (select ALL that apply):
A
Increased vocabulary:by 5 years they may know 1500-2500 words
B
They start to think about how things work so will ask more questions
C
Learning to classify objects and be able to separate them eg green blocks and orange blocks.
D
Learn how to write letters and numbers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some intellectual development milestones you may notice in five and six-year-olds include: Vocabulary increasing to 2, 000 words, sentences of five or more words. Can count up to 10 objects at one time, can copy complex shapes. Begin to reason and argue, uses words like why and because.

Detailed explanation-2: -Children grow and develop rapidly in their first five years across the four main areas of development. These areas are motor (physical), language and communication, cognitive and social/emotional.

Detailed explanation-3: -Intellectual development in children is generally characterized by the development of important mental processes-attention span, understanding information, reasoning, learning, remembering, problem-solving, and thinking-from birth until adulthood.

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