Describe two areas where fine motor skills advance in middle childhood
What will be an ideal response?
Fine motor skills advance in both drawing and writing. Children can create three-dimensional pictures with overlap. They also can use greater detail in their drawings. Further, they can show better penmanship.
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Oscar, a college student, is checking seven-year-old Meyer to see what cognitive skills he has. He asks him to do some basic conservation tasks. Meyer has correctly responded that there is still the same amount of clay, whether it is in a round ball or rolled out into a hotdog-type shape. When Oscar asks why, Meyer demonstrates how the hotdog-type shaped piece of clay can be rolled back into a
ball. This shows that Meyer has a good grasp of a. assimilation. b. transformational thought. c. equilibrium. d. primary circular reactions.
Ned has become comfortable with his humanistic therapist and has likely responded to a therapeutic environment of
a. acknowledgment, guidance, and conditional praise. b. respect, empathy, and complete acceptance. c. casual exchange, informal relationship, and support. d. minimal cost, maximum benefits, and no labels or stigma.
Recent research has indicated that once an infant has become securely attached to an adult
a healthy personality is expected throughout life. no relationship problems will occur later on. attachment status could change depending upon circumstances. their attachment status never changes.
A brain structure that appears to be critically important in laying down new memory traces and transferring them to long term memory is the ______
a. hypothalamus c. thalamus b. hippocampus d. reticular formation