Exam 8: Child Development

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of children having regular interaction with their fathers?

Jean Piaget is noted for his theory of __________

The authoritarian style has been associated with __________

Scaffolding involves a higher skilled person helping another lesser skilled person learn a new task. As the lesser skilled person becomes more masterful at the task, the higher skilled person withdraws his/her help as the lesser skilled person improves at the task.

Which of the following is NOT considered a teratogen?

Rehearsal, organization and elaboration are all ways in which children learn to improve their __________

When PJ first learns to count money, he mistakenly thinks that nickels are worth more than dimes. Later, when he tries to buy candy at a store, PJ comes to realize that he can buy more candies with the dime. The process by which PJ learns the value of a dime is called __________

Children in the concrete operations stage are limited by their inability to apply__________

According to Thomas and Chess, a child that is very irregular in sleeping and eating, resists change, and tends to be loud is labeled a(n) __________ child.

__________ tend to be more responsive to external stimuli before birth.

By the time a child enters the concrete operations stage of cognitive development he or she is capable of grasping the concept of conservation.

Jordan is very familiar with the local juvenile authorities, couldn't care less about school, but is very popular with the young girls. Jordan's parents are probably of the __________ type.

Cross-cultural research on Piaget's theory has shown that __________

Fifteen-year-old Todd is writing an impassioned novel about growing up in America. In his novel he describes his experiences in a way that portrays them as unique, such that no one has ever thought such deep thoughts or experienced such ecstasy before. Todd's writings most clearly reflect __________

Ashley and Mary-Kate are twins who are genetically identical. What type of twins are they?

Jackie pointed to the dog and said, "Puppy," which meant she wanted to pet the puppy. Jackie is using __________

The union of the ovum and sperm is called __________

Which of the following illustrates Vygotsky's concept of scaffolding?

Overregularization is an error in speech that applies to __________

Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is __________