Question 1

Which of the following is supported by research on child care?

Accepted Answer

A) The effects of substandard child care typically wash out once the child starts elementary school. 
B) Most child care in North America is high-quality. 
C) Regardless of quality,child care leads to insecure attachment and poor school readiness. 
D) Good child care enhances cognitive,language,and social development. 
A) The effects of substandard child care typically wash out once the child starts elementary school. 
B) Most child care in North America is high-quality. 
C) Regardless of quality,child care leads to insecure attachment and poor school readiness. 
D) Good child care enhances cognitive,language,and social development.

Question 2

Piaget acknowledged that ________ is a child's most flexible means of mental representation.

Accepted Answer

A) imagination 
B) language 
C) intentional behavior 
D) deferred imitation 
A) imagination 
B) language 
C) intentional behavior 
D) deferred imitation

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true about strategies for early word learning?

Accepted Answer

A) Mutual exclusivity explains how preschoolers reconcile multiple names for the same object. 
B) Children's first several hundred nouns mostly refer to objects organized by color or shape. 
C) Young children take advantage of the rich social information that adults frequently provide when they introduce new words. 
D) Preschoolers assume that all words refer to entirely separate categories. 
A) Mutual exclusivity explains how preschoolers reconcile multiple names for the same object. 
B) Children's first several hundred nouns mostly refer to objects organized by color or shape. 
C) Young children take advantage of the rich social information that adults frequently provide when they introduce new words. 
D) Preschoolers assume that all words refer to entirely separate categories.

Question 4

Four-year-old Jasmine is shown two identical tall glasses of water and agrees that they contain the same amount of liquid.When the liquid is poured into a short,wide container,she says that there is more water in the shorter container because it is "all spread out." Jasmine is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A) an inability to conserve. 
B) animistic thinking. 
C) magical thinking. 
D) reversibility. 
A) an inability to conserve. 
B) animistic thinking. 
C) magical thinking. 
D) reversibility.

Question 5

The practical,social side of language is called

Accepted Answer

A) grammatical markers. 
B) pragmatics. 
C) overregularization. 
D) underregularization. 
A) grammatical markers. 
B) pragmatics. 
C) overregularization. 
D) underregularization.

Question 6

Children with autism

Accepted Answer

A) have narrow and overly intense interests. 
B) tend to be mathematically skilled. 
C) engage in more make-believe play than typically developing children. 
D) are advanced in false-belief understanding. 
A) have narrow and overly intense interests. 
B) tend to be mathematically skilled. 
C) engage in more make-believe play than typically developing children. 
D) are advanced in false-belief understanding.

Question 7

Which of the following is supported by research on individual differences in motor skills?

Accepted Answer

A) Environmental factors have little impact on sex differences in motor skills. 
B) Sex differences in motor skills decrease with age. 
C) Participation in competitive sports at a young age fosters motor development. 
D) Parents tend to foster sex-stereotypic physical activities in their children. 
A) Environmental factors have little impact on sex differences in motor skills. 
B) Sex differences in motor skills decrease with age. 
C) Participation in competitive sports at a young age fosters motor development. 
D) Parents tend to foster sex-stereotypic physical activities in their children.

Question 8

Three-year-old Will brings all of his action figures to preschool for show-and-tell because he does not want any of them to feel bad if they are left behind at home.Will is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A) centration. 
B) animistic thinking. 
C) conservation. 
D) irreversibility. 
A) centration. 
B) animistic thinking. 
C) conservation. 
D) irreversibility.

Question 9

A central component of the Head Start philosophy is

Accepted Answer

A) formal academic training. 
B) a highly structured classroom learning environment. 
C) conflict resolution. 
D) parental involvement. 
A) formal academic training. 
B) a highly structured classroom learning environment. 
C) conflict resolution. 
D) parental involvement.

Question 10

According to Piaget,the most fundamental deficiency of preoperational thinking is

Accepted Answer

A) egocentrism. 
B) conservation. 
C) animistic thinking. 
D) dual representation. 
A) egocentrism. 
B) conservation. 
C) animistic thinking. 
D) dual representation.

Question 11

One reason Piagetian problems do not always elicit responses reflecting preschoolers' true cognitive abilities is that they contain

Accepted Answer

A) too many familiar elements. 
B) unfamiliar elements or too many pieces of information. 
C) an insufficient amount of information for the young child to process. 
D) too many real-world examples. 
A) too many familiar elements. 
B) unfamiliar elements or too many pieces of information. 
C) an insufficient amount of information for the young child to process. 
D) too many real-world examples.

Question 12

A major reason that sustained attention improves in the preschool years is

Accepted Answer

A) a steady gain in children's ability to inhibit impulses and keep their mind on a competing goal. 
B) that adults use scaffolding to help children focus. 
C) that children become bored by novelty. 
D) that children begin to distinguish appearance from reality. 
A) a steady gain in children's ability to inhibit impulses and keep their mind on a competing goal. 
B) that adults use scaffolding to help children focus. 
C) that children become bored by novelty. 
D) that children begin to distinguish appearance from reality.

Question 13

During a conversation,4-year-old Maleeka will

Accepted Answer

A) adjust her speech to fit the age,sex,and social status of her listener. 
B) dominate the discussion,not allowing the other person to speak. 
C) give more specific directions in person than over the phone. 
D) avoid using gestures and objects to help sustain the discussion. 
A) adjust her speech to fit the age,sex,and social status of her listener. 
B) dominate the discussion,not allowing the other person to speak. 
C) give more specific directions in person than over the phone. 
D) avoid using gestures and objects to help sustain the discussion.

Question 14

Research on language development in early childhood shows that recasts and expansions

Accepted Answer

A) are used in all cultures. 
B) are primarily used by low-SES parents,who rarely converse with their children. 
C) foster vocabulary development and pragmatic skills. 
D) model grammatical alternatives and encourage children to experiment with them. 
A) are used in all cultures. 
B) are primarily used by low-SES parents,who rarely converse with their children. 
C) foster vocabulary development and pragmatic skills. 
D) model grammatical alternatives and encourage children to experiment with them.

Question 15

Growing evidence reveals that children with autism have

Accepted Answer

A) at least one "mindblind" parent. 
B) a deficient theory of mind. 
C) goal-oriented thinking. 
D) an advanced theory of mind. 
A) at least one "mindblind" parent. 
B) a deficient theory of mind. 
C) goal-oriented thinking. 
D) an advanced theory of mind.

Question 16

Compared to their Western agemates,Yucatec Mayan preschoolers

Accepted Answer

A) engage in more sophisticated make-believe play. 
B) are not as self-sufficient. 
C) are less competent at self-care. 
D) seldom ask others for something interesting to do. 
A) engage in more sophisticated make-believe play. 
B) are not as self-sufficient. 
C) are less competent at self-care. 
D) seldom ask others for something interesting to do.

Question 17

Preschoolers who _____________ are seen as more socially competent by their teachers.

Accepted Answer

A) prefer to play alone 
B) spend more time in sociodramatic play 
C) use more realistic objects in their pretend play 
D) make up imaginary companions 
A) prefer to play alone 
B) spend more time in sociodramatic play 
C) use more realistic objects in their pretend play 
D) make up imaginary companions

Question 18

Discuss the limitations of preoperational thought from Piaget's point of view.

Accepted Answer

For Piaget,the most fundamental deficien

Question 19

In the United States,__________ are the leading cause of death among children more than 1 year old.

Accepted Answer

A) drownings 
B) motor vehicle collisions 
C) fires 
D) abuse and neglect 
A) drownings 
B) motor vehicle collisions 
C) fires 
D) abuse and neglect

Question 20

Children who spontaneously use,or who are trained to use,complex sentences with mental-state words are especially likely to pass __________ tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) hierarchical classification 
B) false-belief 
C) class inclusion 
D) conservation 
A) hierarchical classification 
B) false-belief 
C) class inclusion 
D) conservation

Which of the following is supported by research on child care?

Piaget acknowledged that ________ is a child's most flexible means of mental representation.

Which of the following statements is true about strategies for early word learning?

Four-year-old Jasmine is shown two identical tall glasses of water and agrees that they contain the same amount of liquid.When the liquid is poured into a short,wide container,she says that there is more water in the shorter container because it is "all spread out." Jasmine is demonstrating

The practical,social side of language is called

Children with autism

Which of the following is supported by research on individual differences in motor skills?

Three-year-old Will brings all of his action figures to preschool for show-and-tell because he does not want any of them to feel bad if they are left behind at home.Will is demonstrating

A central component of the Head Start philosophy is

According to Piaget,the most fundamental deficiency of preoperational thinking is

One reason Piagetian problems do not always elicit responses reflecting preschoolers' true cognitive abilities is that they contain

A major reason that sustained attention improves in the preschool years is

During a conversation,4-year-old Maleeka will

Research on language development in early childhood shows that recasts and expansions

Growing evidence reveals that children with autism have

Compared to their Western agemates,Yucatec Mayan preschoolers

Preschoolers who _____________ are seen as more socially competent by their teachers.

Discuss the limitations of preoperational thought from Piaget's point of view.

In the United States,__________ are the leading cause of death among children more than 1 year old.

Children who spontaneously use,or who are trained to use,complex sentences with mental-state words are especially likely to pass __________ tasks.

History, theory, and Research Strategies

Biological and Environmental Foundations

Prenatal Development, birth, and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood

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Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Which of the following is supported by research on child care?

Piaget acknowledged that ________ is a child's most flexible means of mental representation.

Which of the following statements is true about strategies for early word learning?

Four-year-old Jasmine is shown two identical tall glasses of water and agrees that they contain the same amount of liquid.When the liquid is poured into a short,wide container,she says that there is more water in the shorter container because it is "all spread out." Jasmine is demonstrating

The practical,social side of language is called

Children with autism

Which of the following is supported by research on individual differences in motor skills?

Three-year-old Will brings all of his action figures to preschool for show-and-tell because he does not want any of them to feel bad if they are left behind at home.Will is demonstrating

A central component of the Head Start philosophy is

According to Piaget,the most fundamental deficiency of preoperational thinking is

One reason Piagetian problems do not always elicit responses reflecting preschoolers' true cognitive abilities is that they contain

A major reason that sustained attention improves in the preschool years is

During a conversation,4-year-old Maleeka will

Research on language development in early childhood shows that recasts and expansions

Growing evidence reveals that children with autism have

Compared to their Western agemates,Yucatec Mayan preschoolers

Preschoolers who _____________ are seen as more socially competent by their teachers.

Discuss the limitations of preoperational thought from Piaget's point of view.

In the United States,__________ are the leading cause of death among children more than 1 year old.

Children who spontaneously use,or who are trained to use,complex sentences with mental-state words are especially likely to pass __________ tasks.

History, theory, and Research Strategies

Biological and Environmental Foundations

Prenatal Development, birth, and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood

Death, dying, and Bereavement

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