Exam 9: Early Childhood: Cognitive Development

Studies of Head Start and other intervention programs show that _____ can enhance the cognitive development of economically disadvantaged children.

According to Piaget, the preoperational stage of cognitive development:

Which of the following is true of a child's zone of proximal development?

Four-year-olds think dreams are real because of artificialism.

Discuss the development of memory in early childhood. Explain the various factors that influence memory in early childhood.

Which of the following is a limitation of assessing memory in young children?

Describe egocentrism in early childhood.

Autobiographical memory is _____.

Discuss preoperational thought.

Write a note on a theory of mind.

Studies of Head Start and other intervention programs show that environmental enrichment degrades the cognitive development of economically disadvantaged children.

_____ is best described as the belief that environmental features were made by people.

Explain Vygotsky's concept of inner speech.

Which of the following is true of inner speech?

Three-year-old Ruby is in her playroom by herself, coloring with her crayons. She thinks without vocalizing her thoughts, "The sky will be blue with white clouds. My flowers should be yellow and red." Ruby's thoughts best illustrate _____.

Knowing the distinction between actual and mental events and between how things appear and how they really are indicates that a person has__________.

Dickon believes that everyone likes toy cars and trucks because he loves them. Dickon displays _____.

Martha is two years old. She claims that the moon plays eye spy with her and often hides behind the clouds. In this scenario, Martha displays _____.

Which of the following sample items measures parental involvement with a child in the context of Bettye Caldwell's HOME inventory for measuring a child's home environment?

Which of the following is true of transductive reasoning?